>four sections: one section on African American film, one on Hispanic American >film and one on Native American film and the last section on a little bit of >everything else. The idea is too look at some ethnic groups in more depth I don't know if there's some reason for those choices but you might also keep in mind Yiddish films (J. Hoberman wrote a very nice history and there's plenty of other literature in addition to several on video) and Asian-American (not just Wayne Wang and the independents but the increasing visibility of immigrants like John Woo and Ang Lee among dozens in Hollywood). By "American" do you mean United States? Because issues of race and ethnicity have been a major concern of Brazillian films since the 60s at least and seem to be important in films from Mexico; there's also the interesting issue of French-language films in Canada. Black films of course have an extensive literature and a fair amount available on video (though Charles Burnett's early ones aren't and are very difficult to see; I've heard that there are only two or three screenable prints of "Killer of Sheep"). Are you planning to use documentaries or only fictional films? LT ------------------------------------------- Adventures In Sound http://wlt4.home.mindspring.com/adventures.htm Full Alert Film Review http://wlt4.home.mindspring.com/fafr.htm Funhouse http://wlt4.home.mindspring.com/funhouse.htm "Where Do You Want to Go Today" Somewhere you can never take me! ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu