Southern Methodist U. Digitizes a Trove of Early African-American Films By SCOTT CARLSON A collection of rare African-American films that were nearly destroyed will find a new life and a new audience in the digital age. Southern Methodist University has digitized nine black feature movies from the 1930s and 1940s, along with a set of newsreels from the 1950s, and will put them on DVD this fall for distribution. Tinsley Silcox, director of the university library and the film archives, says the university spent $65,000 to restore the films and transfer them to the digital format, a process that will be finished in September. At the beginning of each film, the university has added a short introduction and commentary by film scholars and historians. For full article, go to (requires paid subscription to The Chronicle of Higher Education): http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/07/2003072501t.htm Jeremy Butler [log in to unmask] ======================================================== TELEVISION: CRITICAL METHODS AND APPLICATIONS www.TVCrit.com ---- 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]