Gary: I can think of 2 features although the directors are not originally from the US, GOODBYE SOLO and LITTLE SENEGAL. Don't know if they'll count for you. I'll try to think of more. Cornelius Moore California Newsreel 500 Third Street, #505 San Francisco, CA 94107 Phone: 415.284.7800 Fax: 415.284.7801 d...@newsreel.org http://www.newsreel.org
California Newsreel is the oldest non-profit, social issue documentary film distribution center in the country and a leading resource for the advancement of racial and social justice. Visit our website at: www.newsreel.org and sign up for our e-newsletter at: http://www.newsreel.org/nav/emaillist.asp -----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 11:09 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] African immigrants in US Hi folks Looking for US theatrical films that feature--either centrally or fleetingly--contemporary immigrants from Africa in the US. I've got The Visitor. Jim Sheridan's In America doesn't count (I discovered to my surprise that it was made in the UK). And pls no Eddie Murphy Coming to America... gary Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
