[Frameworks] media in the classroom

[David Tetzlaff]

> I'd be interested to hear from teachers what the difficulty in this  
> solution is.

There is no 'independent cinema' in many locales. At many schools, one  
simply cannot get students to leave campus - required screenings away  
from their standard ambits would kill enrollment. In many communities,  
there is no audience outside of the college willing to pay to see  
experimental film. Even shared rental fees would be beyond most budgets.

The nearest 'art cinema' to me is an hour away, and their idea of art  
film pretty much stops at Merchant-Ivory. There is an independently  
owned cinema in my town, They are currently screening Red,  
Secretariat, Life As We Know It, The Social Network, Wall Street, and  
The Town -- which qualifies as fairly adventurous programming compared  
to the chain theaters in the area -- and they do not have 16mm  
equipment.

So, Mat, if your cinema is near a campus that integrates nicely with  
the town, and you're willing, and the professors have any money at  
all, and they don't take you up on your offer in some way, they have  
no idea how lucky they are, because that combination of factors is not  
all that common.