UPDATE: Emile de Antonio (9/10/06; Film & History, 11/8/06-11/12/06)

Deadline Extended to 10 September 2006
Call for Papers (Update)

2006 Film and History League Conference
"The Documentary Tradition"
www.filmandhistory.org

AREA: Emile de Antonio

"Arguably the most provocative film essayist/documentarian of the last sixt=
y years in American life." Bill Nichols

Emile de Antonio defined his work as "a history of the US in the Cold War."=
 The recent DVD releases of "Point of Order" (1963) and "In the Year of the=
 Pig" (1968) hopefully signal a renewed interest in this most interesting o=
f filmmakers whose work has remained un(der)-released for many years. From =
his first film, "Point of Order" (1963) about the Army-McCarthy hearings of=
 1954, to his final film, "Mr. Hoover and I" (1989) which traces his own fo=
rty-year surveillance by the FBI, de Antonio was as influential as he was c=
ontroversial, his filmmaking style as radical as his politics.

This area has received queries concerning such topics as the financing arra=
ngements of de Antonio's work; the political impact (or otherwise) of his f=
ilms; and usefulness of his documentaries as historical documents. We invit=
e proposals on any aspect of de Antonio's ten films - Point of Order; That'=
s Where the Action Is (1965); Rush to Judgment (1967); In the Year of the P=
ig; America Is Hard to See (1970); Millhouse: A White Comedy (1971); Painte=
rs Painting (1973); Underground (1976); In the King of Prussia (1983); Mr. =
Hoover and I - his techniques, his life and his influence on contemporary f=
ilmmakers.

Please submit 200-250 word proposals along with a brief biographical note t=
o aaxjab2_at_nottingham.ac.uk by September 10, 2006, but earlier proposals are=
 preferred. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

This area is part of Film & History's 2006 "The Documentary Tradition" conf=
erence. The conference will be held November 8-12, 2006, at the Dolce Confe=
rence Center in Dallas, TX, near the DFW airport. D.A. Pennebaker and Chris=
 Hegedus will be featured artists at the conference. Plenary sessions will =
be conducted by Raymond Fielding, author of "The American Newsreel: A Compl=
ete History," and Betsy McLane, co-author of "A New History of Documentary =
Film." Sessions will also be held with Allen Mondell and Cynthia Salzman Mo=
ndell, documentary filmmakers with oeuvre devoted to the ethnic experience =
in America and the experience of women (www.mediaprojects.org), and Glenn M=
arcus and historians who researched "March of the Bonus Army" for PBS. In a=
ddition, James Welsh, Editor (Emeritus) of the Literature/Film Quarterly wi=
ll chair a special session of film journal editors to talk with participant=
s about publication opportunities and goals.

The Film and History League conference details can be found at www.filmandh=
istory.org.=20

Send all inquires and proposals to:

James Burton
School of American and Canadian Studies
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2LD
aaxjab2_at_nottingham.ac.uk

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