
An abridged history of motion pictures: In 1888 George Eastman registered the made up word âKodakâ as a trademark. In 1894 Jean AimĂŠ âAcmeâ Le Roy presented the first film screening in New York City. In 1895 Auguste and Louis Lumière filmed workers leaving their factory in Lyon. In 1903 Thomas Alva Edison orchestrated and captured on film the electrocution of an elephant in Coney Island. In 2011 Anja Dornieden and Juan David GonzĂĄlez Monroy filmed dwarfs dancing on a stage at an amusement park in China. In 2012 Eastman Kodak filed for bankruptcy.
DirectorsJuan David GonzĂĄlez Monroy, Anja Dornieden