A colleague of mine who is working for the National Museum of American History is looking for research tools to aid her quest for films that dealt with capitalism in the 1950s. She knows about the Prelinger Archives and Bonnie Rowan's good book on film research in DC, and National Archives. But she is wondering how to learn more about the films themselves and the terms under which they were made. So she asked me if there were any trade publications that people might have used to circulate information about such work at the time--sort of a RealScreen or Variety or Advertising Week type publication. I wondered if anyone might have an idea, and would be delighted to take answers on the listserv or at [email protected]. Thank you!
-- Pat Aufderheide, University Professor and Director Center for Social Media, School of Communication American University 3201 New Mexico Av. NW, #330 Washington, DC 20016-8080 www.centerforsocialmedia.org [email protected] 202-643-5356 "Intellectuals have an obligation to be as smart as we can possibly be, but we have an even greater obligation to be good with the smarts we possess."--Michael Eric Dyson
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