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The article presents an interview with Ellen E. Jones, author of "Screen Deep: How Film and TV Can Solve Racism and Save the World." Topics include challenges in discussing racism in the industry, the importance of specific language in addressing systemic issues, and the intersectionality of race and class in film criticism. Jones highlights the need for nuanced conversations and self-reflection, emphasizing that diversity benefits everyone.

The aim of the authors that are members of the FILM CLUB's Films team is to provide films that inspire students and are indicative of emotional journeys and experiences. The wide variety of experiences that watching films can provide are highlighted.

Renewed interest in less costly, less technologically oriented obstetrical care requires the accurate selection of women who may safely benefit from such alternatives. The distribution of complications of labor and delivery, among healthy women who had had uncomplicated pregnancies, was investigated by studying data from more than 240,000 birth certificates filed with the New York City Department of Health during the period 1972-1974. Complications of labor or delivery were reported for 21.0 per cent of births following apparently uncomplicated antepartum courses. Significantly higherrates of recorded complications were found for women who had initiated prenatal care earlier in pregnancy, for private patients as opposed to general service patients, for white patients compared with nonwhite patients, for married women than for unmarried women, and for better educated patients as opposed to those with less schooling. Labor and delivery complication rates were also noted to rise with maternal age. The positive association between earlier prenatal care and higher complication rates was found within all service, racial, marital, educational and age categories, and appeared to be independent of these variables. Factors which may contribute to these unexpected patterns, and further research to clarify them, are discussed.

The article focuses on Film Club, an organization funded by the Great Britain Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) that helps students watch films as a part of education. This service is provided free for students by the organization in more than 2,000 schools across the country. These films include adaptations of novels and plays and students just need parental permission slips to watch them.