Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Taylor in Person Guerrillas in Our Midst (Amy Harrison, USA, 1992). Question: Do women have to be naked to get into the Metropolitan Museum? Answer: Apparently. Less than 5% of the artists represented are women, while 85% of the nudes are female. This film entertains as it informs, taking a "film noir" approach to the underground activities of the Guerrilla Girls, gorilla-masked bandits who have spies in every art institution in New York. The Guerrilla Girls' goal is to awaken awareness of the lack of representation of women and minority artists in museums and galleries, and to address the hidden politics of exhibiting and buying. Some of the targeted dealers and curators pooh-pooh the G-Girls: "These are artists no one is terribly interested in," one puffs. But all admit that activism has had an effect. MOMA still prefers Papa, but the statistics are changing. (35 mins, Color, 16mm, From Women Make Movies) In and Out of Africa (Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Taylor, USA, 1992). This ethnographic video "about the discourses of authenticity and the transvaluation of artifacts in the African art trade" follows the trail of Gabai Baare, a Muslim trader from Nigeria who mediates between African art producers and Western consumers. Baare is both businessman and interpreter, and he trades on both skills. The tape shows in fascinating detail how traders and sculptors alike cater to foreign demand by simulating Western constructions of "authentic" African art. Interestingly, the point is not to judge, but one is reminded of that wonderful Resnais-Marker observation, "Statues Also Die" (Les Statues meurent aussi, 1953). Lucien Taylor teaches in the Anthropology Department at Berkeley. (59 mins, Color, 3/4" video, projected)