Race Matters, Media Matters by Chon Noriega: Independent film and video can reduce our dependence on global media as a means of portraying race. We must put ourselves into the picture by stepping outside of our everyday life.

Video and Other Nonprint Resources in the Small Library

Using Video To Provoke Discussion: See how videotapes can get students and library-users talking - and taking action.

Talking About Film, Talking About Race: Find out how diversity trainers Lauren Kucera and Milton Reynolds organize screenings on race and human differences. (NVR)

Video In The Classroom: Profit from teacher Debbie Wei's experiences using video to educate children and young adults. (NVR)

Site Tips: Maximize what this site has to offer and enhance your curriculum or your library.

Teaching Media Literacy: Ideas for online and offline activities to help young people learn how to evaluate a media message.

Center for Media Literacy MediaLit Kit: Provides a path for navigating our global media culture.

Glossary: Learn to distinguish between commercial and educational video distribution.

Youth Speak Out: Find youth activist groups.

Made by Youth: Get access to a range of works created by young people - online, in print, and on television.

National Conferences: Locate upcoming conferences in your field - and for your students.

Radio: Find alternative radio programming online or learn how to make your own radio documentary.

Media Watchers: Focus your students' attention on the people who critique popular media.

Funding: Go for grants that will underwrite your own media program.

Media Literacy: Acquire the tools to teach students how to "read" all kinds of media.

Another Year of Media That Matters Magic: Corporate Accountability, Culture-jamming, Sustainable Agriculture, Civil Liberties — these topics and more are tackled by MediaRights' fourth annual Media That Matters Film Festival.

The Human Rights Video Project: The Human Rights Video Project is a national library project created to increase the public's awareness of human rights issues through the medium of documentary films.

Funding in a Cold Climate: What is the current funding climate? The obvious answer during this post-boom recession would appear to be: "brrrrrr". However, having worked for a media funder, I know that the situation is never so clear-cut.

Outreach Journal: The Murder of Emmett Till (Second Entry) :
Since Firelight Media's first outreach installment in fall 2002, The Murder of Emmett Till earned the 2003 Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. But we were also saddened by the passing of Mrs. Till-Mobley, Emmett's mother, who died before she could see the completed film.

Fighting the Odds with Film: Climb Against The Odds documents the 1998 expedition of 12 women, 5 of whom are breast cancer survivors, attempting to climb Alaska's Mount McKinley. Their outreach campaign alerts many more to their continuing efforts to change the odds.

Teen Filmmakers Are Making Their Mark: Reprinted from the Film Arts Foundation's Release Print magazine.

Making Trouble: Youth storm the media Teenagers are often criminalized, consumerized or erased in the media. Youth rarely find themselves mirrored in the media as engaged, active citizens. But when teens take media into their own hands, their voices are clear, undistorted--and low-budget.

Inner-city Youth Making Media That Matters: Interview with Louis Perego Moreno who has led groups of young people to make over 60 films.

Getting Librarians on your Side: A Guide for Documentary Filmmakers A how-to guide for promoting your documentary film to and through libraries.

Activist/Nonprofit Workshop: A constantly refreshed source of ideas on how to use the power of media to further a political or social cause.

Producer Workshop: A creative center where documentary film producers and producers of other types of media can learn how to spur audiences to action.

Youth Workshop: The perfect resource for young media producers - and young activists, too.