Film, Video, and Multimedia Reviews Reviews of Short Films T his issue exclusively features reviews of short films (under thirty minutes). Because of the primacy given to feature films in both reviews and distribution, shorts often fly under our radar. Shorts offer a few benefits for ethnomusicologists. Due to their length, they may be more feasibly used in a classroom. They can offer a concise audiovisual complement to text-based scholarship. Shorts are also a promising format for

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... gists moving into filmbased scholarship or film analysis. (Consider the differences of complexity and effort between a monograph and an essay.) Shorts are also more at home on the internet and at film festivals. They are generally accessible by contacting the filmmakers themselves. Benjamin Harbert, Review Editor, Film, Video, and Multimedia Reviews Worth repeating! Produced, directed, filmed, and edited by Miranda Van der Spek. Sound recording by Miranda Van der Spek and Robert Bosch. Sound mixing by Robert Bosch. Stichting CineMusica in collaboration with Mirandas filmproducties. French with English subtitles. Digital download, color, 28 mins., 2011.