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ATLANTA WOMAN S The Allantd, Georgia Film Count il is an outstanding exinnj)lf of ( oniinunily de\'c}oj)inent. Tin: FILM COrXCIL OF AMERICA AXD Intercultural Relationships by Thurmaii White Exeritlive Director. Film Coundl of America^ TDK)A ISL Al. MAIF.RIALS |)l(>])frl\ il(.-si;^iKti ,iiul el A' A \. Icttixch used can Ix- an effeciive means of achieving greaici Iiainiony among people. Impro\ed relationships a m o n g connnunily groups and individuals can be a con- sequence cjI local film coimcil nieet- insfs. The basic film council oryani- zation plan, shown in tiie adjoining chart. pi<)\ ides for mtmliership Irom all groups within a comimuiit). .\ film coimcil is the connnunity in miniature. Its members may come from maii\ churches and various oc- cii|)ations. financial le\cls, political parties, nationalities and races. There may be present ^viihin a given rhf Film Council of Amerita i\ incorporated to further the "effective use of audio-visual matt-rials for the general ^\elfaI(• of all pe<»i>le." council most if not all of the com- munity backgrounds of racial ten- sion, religious conllict, labor strife. ]jolitical bickering, and national hatreds. Under such circumstances, I Fie informational film proves an ad- mirable rallying point around whit li group leaders ma\ build coopera- tive experiences which exentually should mean a comiminiix of better in formed citizens. The kinds of activities and the kinds of materials which engage the attention of film council participants are frecjuenth aimed at matters of social consei]uence. Fimctioning ex- amples exist in mam jjarts of liie United States. The Newark P'ilm Council recent- 1\ screened the film. Tlie Strength of a City. This is Newark's "red feath- er" film—a persuasive sound motion picture on that city's Communil\ (Hiesi. In ten minutes, more than [\\i> luindred men and women repre- senting at least half that number of communit) organizations ^vere fa- \orably introduced to the ideas the film revealed — they saw the film, learned of its availabiliiv and were lecpiested to show the same film to their parent groups. Officials of the Newark Community Chest report that Strength of a Cit\ was subse- c[uentl\ shown to more than 350.000 residents. Major credit to that film can be gi\en for the current \ear's successful campaign. The s t o r y strongh suggests that, if community leaders e\erywhere could share in similar community film experiences, we Avoiild witness ini]jro\einent in social relationships among indi\id- uals and groups. In Indianapolis another film pro- gram is under \\d\. The group or- gani/ed for this purpose is C.i\ic Kilnis. Inc.—a chartered film council 12 SEE AND HEAR