In the beginning, there was film appreciation

KEVIN ADAMS

President, ATFA/ATFAV (1972–1975) Committee member, ATFA/ATFAV (1965–1978)

Our beloved teaching association didn’t really take off until the Association of Teachers of Film Appreciation (ATFA), founded in 1963, became the Association of Teachers of Film and Video (ATFAV) in 1974 and Metro in its current form was born. ATOM – first as Association for the Teachers of Media from 1978, then Australian Teachers of Media from 1981 – came about not long after. During my time (including my turn as committee president from 1972 to 1975, after which I was awarded a life