Articles

Articles on Media

Is Social Change Media a Delusion? California Newsreel at 30 and 2000
by Larry Daressa, California Newsreel

Review of Stranger With A Camera
by Larry Daressa, reproduced by permission from Cineaste

Review of Oh Freedom After While
by Ken Robinson, Associate Professor of Film, Vassar College.

National Educational Media Network: Content '96. May 16, 1996
by Larry Daressa, California Newsreel

Reflections on ITVS
by Larry Daressa, California Newsreel

General Principles in Media Literacy
by Patricia Aufderheide

[PDF, 2.17 MB] Documenting the Movement: California Newsreel Remains at the Center of Social Change
by Cathleen Rountree, Documentary Magazine

A Close Reading of Ads: A How-To Guide
prepared with help from the New Mexico Media Literacy Project

Notes for Viewing African Cinema

Film Text and Context: Reweaving Africa’s Social Fabric Through Its Contemporary Cinema
by Mbye Cham, Howard University

The Hyena's Last Laugh: A conversation with Djibril Diop Mambety
by N. Frank Ukadike, from TRANSITION 78

Imagining Alternatives: African Cinema in the New Century
by African filmmaker Jean-Marie Teno

Viewing African Cinema: Six Pointers

African Studies Resources

Ousmane Sembene : The Life of a Revolutionary Artist
by Samba Gadjigo, Mount Holyoke College