Summer 2009

Matters of Race Summer 2009

Can Obama's "change" be as transformative in the art house and in homes across America?

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Features

Feature | Summer 2009

Post-Racial Before It Was Cool: LA Asian Pacific Film Festival and Visual Communications Celebrate Milestones

By Elizabeth Blozan

Festivals Asian American Media

Feature | Summer 2009

Their AIM Is True: Native American Filmmakers Look to Define a New Era

By Beige Adams

Native American Media Public Media

Feature | Summer 2009

Taking a 'Stand': Tavis Smiley Explores the Black Male Experience

By Tracie Lewis

Social Issue Docs African American Media

Feature | Summer 2009

ROOTS: A 'Good Hair' Day for Chris Rock

By Tamara Krinsky

Feature | Summer 2009

Taking Stock of the National Archives: Finding Footage in America's Film Vault

By Phillip W. Stewart

Columns

Column | Summer 2009

Notes from the Reel World, The Executive Director's Column, Summer 2009

By Michael Lumpkin

Notes from the Reel World

Column | Summer 2009

Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, Summer 2009

By Tom White

Fast Foreword

Column | Summer 2009

Watching Jewishly: Who Knew?

By Cynthia Close

Book Reviews Reality Ink

Column | Summer 2009

The Revolution Has Been Digitized: Markers Classic Now on Home Video

By Cathleen Rountree

Docs on Disc Docs about Politics Archival Storytelling

Column | Summer 2009

New Doc/Reality Conference Launches in Los Angeles

By Tamara Krinsky

Column | Summer 2009

João Moreira Salles' 'Santiago'

By Natalia Almada

Column | Summer 2009

Digital Diaspora Family Reunion: A New Kind of Geneology

By Tamara Krinsky