Here are a few suggestions: Marlon Riggs “Black Is. . . Black Ain't The films of Alan Berliner draw upon autobiography about his Jewish background. His “Nobody’s Business” is about his father. The website has clips from his films: http://www.alanberliner.com/abt/index.html Trinh T. Minh-ha “Surname Viet Given Name Nam” on Vietnamese female identity in the US and Vietnam Jonas Mekas has shot autobiographical films as a Lithuanian expatriate Hope this helps, Robert Goff [log in to unmask] >===== Original Message From Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> ===== >Hello Film and TV Studies Discussion List Members, >I'm scheduled to teach a class on racial and ethnic autobiography for the >upcoming summer term. It's a topic I'm not at all familiar with, but I think >it could be a lot of fun. I'm wondering if the list could offer me >suggestions for autobiographical films and documentaries. >Thanks very much and my apologies for cross-postings, >Brian Locke >Ethnic Studies >University of Colorado, Boulder > >---- >Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite >http://www.ScreenSite.org ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]