There is a Marlon Riggs documentary >about Black representation on television that discusses minstrels. There >may be some helpful references or footage in it -- unfortunately, I can't >remember the title. *Ethnic Notions* (1987) Gloria Monti ************************************************************************ gloria monti film studies program, yale university e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://pantheon.cis.yale.edu/~godard/index.html many years later, as he faced the firing squad, colonel aureliano buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. gabriel garcía márquez, *cien anos de soledad* ************************************************************************ ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite