The informative journal "Screen" has played a central role in the development of film, television, and cultural theory throughout the 38 years of its history. Contents of this issue include: Uncle Tom, Goldilocks and the Rough Riders - the racial politics of Edwin S. Porter"s Films, by Kristen Whissel; "Drama" into "News" - Strategies of Intervention in "The Wednesday Play", by Madeleine MacKurraugh-Kavanagh; Transforming Television - Broadcasting in a Democratic South Africa, by Jacqueline Maingard; and "Noir" and the Racial Unconscious - City, Demography, Cinema, by Julian Murphet.