This webpage is for teachers of English, history, and social studies who want to use ethnic films in their curricula. We live in a visual age.
Teachers understand just how much their students are influenced by what they see on the screen.
If we as teachers do our jobs well, ethnic film in the classroom can be a powerful medium to help students understand our increasingly diverse world. Teaching ethnic film also means being familiar with media literacy, professional and state standards regarding media and multicultural literacy, and with films and readings that will inform us as professionals and that are useful in the classroom. This site is intended to bring together the web sources that will help teachers to use ethnic film effectively in their curricula.