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Christine McDonald

Christine McDonald, Director of Crandall Public Library, is the main programmer for the exhibition program and has been involved in this work since 1975. She ran a video program at the Hyde Park Free Library in the 1970s, initiated the film/video exhibition program at Crandall Public Library, served as Board member and Treasurer of International Film Seminars 1987-1991 and 1998-2001, served on the NYSCA Film panel from 1882-1986, is currently the Film/Video editor of "MultiCultural Review" and has published numerous reviews of and interviews with Native American filmmakers.

She received the New York Library Association, Film/Video Roundtable Joan Clark Award in 1991 for excellence in media librarianship.

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"Christine McDonald." Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2011. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/christine-mcdonald.

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Christine McDonald, Director of Crandall Public Library, is the main programmer for the exhibition program and has been involved since 1975; she ran a video program at the Hyde Park Library in the 1970s and initiated Crandall's film/video exhibition program. She served as Board member and Treasurer of International Film Seminars 1987–1991 and 1998–2001 and served on the NYSCA Film panel from 1882–1986; she edits Film/Video for MultiCultural Review, has published reviews and interviews with Native American filmmakers, and received the New York Library Association Film/Video Roundtable Joan Clark Award in 1991.

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