The Educational screen (c1922-c1956])

Here's a new film about films and film councils . . . w/iof better way to show people the role films and film councils can play in community life? FILM and YOU SCREENINGS of Film and You, the National Film Board of Canada production on the film council idea in Canada, will be encouraged by the Film Council of America as a means of stimulating interest in the use of 16mm films and in the development of community film councils in this country. A brief "leader" pointing out the differences in approach to film council organization in Canada and in the United States has been prepared and will be used in connection with these showings. A discussion guide will also be available. What the Him is about Film and You is the story of a Canadian film council in action: how film councils are organized and what they can do for the community. Different groups may like and need different films, but all groups can use films in their programs — if they know how to get them and how to use them, and that is where the film council comes in. Animation shows how a council is set up. At an actual film council meeting, representatives from many community groups discuss preliminary problems in getting the council functioning. They plan the formation of their own film library and decide where their films shall be kejit. Animation illustrates how a number of communities can pool their resources to buy a projector and how it can be coojDeratively used. Care of film and training of projectionists are dealt with. Then it's on with the show ! A film on weed control shown to a group of farmers starts a community project in which everyone finally cooperates — and the very tangible result is an up-todate power sprayer. A film on industrial safety gets a factory committee working to eliminate hazards, while a clean-up campaign spurs an urban district to tidying, painting, and finally starting a recreation center. /'///); and You answers nianv important ([uestions as to just how 16nim films can be made a permanent part of community life. How to get it As one of its contributions to the film council movement, the National Film Board of Canada is making Film and You available on a non-])rofit basis. Prints may be ])urrhased from the National Film Board at 400 \V. Madison Street, Chicago 6, 111. ( Price : $27.50) A number of colleges and universities are cooperating with the Film Council of America by purchasing prints of Film and You and making it available for showings in their respective regions. Following is a list of the colleges and universities which have already made plans to purchase prints : U. of Alabama — Tuscaloosa, Alabama V. of Denver — Denver, Colorado U. of Illinois — Champaign, Illinois U. of Indiana — Bloomington, Indiana U. of Iowa — Iowa City, Iowa U. of Kentucky — Lexington, Kentucky U. of Michigan — Ann Arbor, Michigan U. of Nebraska — Lincoln. Nebraska V. of New Hampshire — Durham, New Hampshire I', of New Mexico — .Mbu<iuerc|ue, New Mexico North Dakota Agricultural College— Fargo, North Dakota U. of Oklahoma — Norman, Oklahoma Pennsylvania State College — State College, Penna. U. of Tennessee — Knoxville. Tennessee Li. of Connecticut — Storrs, Conn. State College of Washington — Pullman, Washington LI. of Wisconsin — Madison, Wisconsin LT. of Wyoming — Laramie, Wyoming V. of Washington — Seattle, Washington Central Washington College — Ellensburg, Washington What they say about it Glen Burch Executive Director, Film Council of America "While Americans interested in promoting the tilm council idea have talked about making a film on the subject, the Canadians have quietly gone to work and produced one . . . Film and You is primarily a presentation of the film council idea in action in rural areas, but the verv simplicity of the ai)proach to jiroblems of community film utilization makes it a provocative picture for people in communities of all sizes to see. Evervone who wants to help make films more widelv and more effectively used sht>uld see it." L. C. Larson Director, Audio-Visual Center. Indiana I'niz'crsity President of the Film Council of America "Film and You. which deals jirimarily with the organization of a film council in Canada and with the effects of a film on its audience, is recommended as excellent program material for a film council meeting. It should ])rovide a basis for a good discussion on the differences and similarities between Canada and thai 66 Educational Screen