UPDATE: Errol Morris (9/15/06; Film & History, 11/8/06-11/12/06)

Call for Papers

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2006 Film and History League Conference

"The Documentary Tradition"

www.filmandhistory.org

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AREA: Errol Morris

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Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris is known for winning the 2004 Academy =
Award for Best Documentary for The Fog of War; for his 1998 film The =
Thin Blue Line, which both resulted in the release of death-row inmate =
Randall Adams and introduced the now-familiar dramatic reenactment; and =
for his device known as the Interrotron, which allows direct eye contact =
(ostensibly) between the subject and the spectator. He is a leading =
contemporary practitioner in "the documentary tradition."

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We are inviting submissions on all aspects of the non-fiction work of =
Errol Morris, including his full-length documentaries, his television =
series First Person, and his ads for the Move On/Kerry campaign. So far =
we have received proposals on Morris's methodology; Vernon, Florida; =
Gates of Heaven; Fast, Cheap and Out of Control; Mr. Death: The Rise and =
Fall of Fred Leuchter Jr. I really would like at least two more papers. =
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New deadline for submission is September 15, 2006. Electronic =
submissions of 250-word abstracts are preferred. =20

The Film and History League conference details can be found at =
filmhistory.org. The meeting will run from November 8-12, in the Dolce =
Conference Center near the DFW airport. A spectrum of other areas will =
evolve on the web site over time.

Send all inquiries and proposals to:

Lou Thompson

L.Thompson_at_charter.net

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Dr. Lou Ann Thompson
Professor of English
Department of English, Speech, and Foreign Languages
Texas Woman's University
Denton, TX 76204
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