Amanda Aaron wanted to know a bit more about the women's professional base-

ball leagues in the U.S. Midwest in the 1940s-1950s.  Without wishing to reopen

the debates about objectivity/subjectivity in documentary (I myself concur with

Henry Jenkins' points on this one), I might note that there are two short docu-

mentary videotapes about the leagues, both made by women videomakers ca. 1987.

 One of the docs is entitled _A League of Her Own_ and was reportedly an

inspiration/partial basis for the feature film;  the other, by Janis Taylor,

makes what I consider a less nostalgic or sentimental argument about the

leagues' existence than I think either the other doc or the feature do.

    Unfortunately, I don't have all the videographic or distribution informa-

tion on either docu at hand, but perhaps someone else on SCREEN-L does.  The

Chicago women's film and video festival organization "Women in the Director's

Chair" would probably also be able to provide such information.  Address:

3435 N. Sheffield Ave., Chicago, IL 60657, Tel. (312) 281-4988 (after ca.

Mar. 30, as the annual festival is going on in mid-March.)

 

Ramona Curry

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign