Describes some of the work of two members of the Half Moon Photography Workshop Collective, an independent London gallery committed to showing social and documentary photography. Examines The Workshop's major aim of promoting interest in the use of photography as a critical educational tool. (MH)

Discusses the use of ghetto films in high school media education to talk about the War on Drugs in Canada and the United States. Topics include characteristics of ghetto films, including drugs, violence, and Hip Hop music; failures of the War on Drugs; discrimination against blacks; and stereotypes. (LRW)

This article discusses students with terminal illnesses and the challenges teachers face in dealing with the issue of death. Classroom strategies for dealing with death are described and include using children's literature that explores death, using deaths of pets as teachable moments, and using children's films. (Contains references.) (CR)

Discussion of library profession stereotypes focuses on academic male librarians. Topics include the position of the early academic librarians and the environment in which they worked; the beginnings of reference service; women in academic libraries; men in a feminized profession; and current images of male librarians in motion pictures and…

Describes a special exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery in London of Children's Literature. Considers the possibility of a similar American exhibit. Suggests 5 books on tape the author has recently enjoyed. Lists 29 children's literature and young adult titles that are projects in the works for turning into films. (SG)

Discusses children's fantasies about running away and describes children's books and films that address those feelings. Includes suggestions for creative activities for younger children and middle grade students, including puppets, plays, illustrated maps, and role playing. (LRW)

Discusses the use of movies as an instructional tool for the topic of neurosciences. Provides a list of neuroscience films and a preview sheet example prepared for the movie "A Beautiful Mind". Explains copyright issues for teachers. (YDS)

States that development of more sophisticated interactive technology is one cause of the growth of the interactive movie, along with interactive multimedia's financial success. Examines how writing the interactive movie differs from writing linear video narrative; new challenges these differences create for the writer; and some of the approaches…

Discusses the use of IMAX (Image-Maximum) movies for elementary school education. Curriculum support issues are considered; educational resource guides available from the theater as support materials are explained; and field trip experiences are described. A sidebar provides facts about IMAX technology. (LRW)

Reviews recent Native American films and the racial problems they depict. Explores the making and distributing of these films and discusses Vision Maker Video, one of the principal distributors. (GR)

Multiculturalism that both transforms and informs is important. Recommends applying postmodern theory to transformative understanding of multiculturalism. Juxtaposes transformative multiculturalism with aspects of postmodern theorization of American society, illustrating this theoretical construct with research on college classrooms as…

Explores the use of schools as settings for teenage horror films. Asserts that these narratives reflect the stress of social pressures and uncertainties, particularly young girls. Focuses on the television show, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," while making this argument. Includes references. (CMK)

Quantifies sexual, violent, sexually violent, and prosocial behaviors in a sample of R-rated and X-rated videocassettes. Finds the predominant behavior in both X- and XXX-rated videos is sexual. Finds the predominant behavior in R-rated videos was violence followed by prosocial behavior. (RS)

Recollects summer 1964, when hundreds of civil rights workers went to Mississippi to aid Black voter registration. Points out that the movie "Mississippi Burning" ignores the courageous struggle of Mississippi Blacks and, instead, presents a disempowering version of history focusing on violent White males (the Klan and the FBI). (SV)