Sorry if this has already been named, but really important documentary in this arena is Spencer Nakasako's /a.k.a Don Bonus/ (1996), which he co-directed with the Cambodian refugee high-schooler named in the title. Best, MR On 2/22/11 5:16 PM, Tyler Hicks wrote: > I recently had the opportunity to take a class on autobiographical > documentary (at Northern Illinois University with Dr. Jeff Chown), and many > of the films we screened would likely work well for your summer course. > Some that stand out in terms of race and ethnicity: > > *Nobody’s Business *(Alan Berliner, 1996) > *Tongues Untied* (Marlon Riggs, 1990) > *Bontoc Eulogy* (Marlon Fuentes, 1995) > *Sherman’s March* (Ross McElwee, 1986) > *History and Memory: For Akiko and Takashige* (ReaTajiri, 1992) > > Some related articles/readings: > “Alan Berliner and the Jewish American Autobiographical Film” by Michael > Renov at: http://www.alanberliner.com/flm_02.html > “Film and Video Self-Biographies” by Audrey Levasseur > “Ethics and the Perception of Ethics in Autobiographical Film” by John > Stuart Katz and Judith Milstein Katz > “The Subject in History: The New Autobiography in Film and Video,” by > Michael Renov > “Autobiography and Documentary,” by Caroline Anderson > > A text to consider: > Jim Lane: The Autobiographical Documentary in America (Madison: University > of Wisconsin Press, 2002) > > This is just sampling of some of the material used in the course I mentioned > as well as what I have used in my own research on autobiographical > documentary. Feel free to contact me if you'd like some additional > resources that might work for your course. Hope this helps! > > T.J. Hicks -- /MR Daniel, PhD/ Graduate Fellow Music Composition Princeton University *http://www.mrdaniel.net* ---- Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex podcast: http://www.screenlex.org