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CALL FOR PAPERS
2006 Film & History Conference
"The Documentary Tradition"
8-12 November 2006
Dolce Conference Center - Dallas, TX
www.filmandhistory.org
AREA: World War II: United States
DEADLINE: 25 July 2006
Recognizing both the motivating power of film and the technical prowess of the Hollywood film industry, military and civilian leaders made documentary film an integral part of the U. S. war effort in World War II. Wartime documentaries served myriad purposes, among them indoctrination, training, reportage, and commemoration. After the war, wartime documentary footage became a staple of television documentaries and feature films about the war
This call for papers seeks proposals for individual papers or complete sessions (3-4 papers) on any aspect of documentary films dealing with the United States in World War II. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
Specific wartime documentaries (e.g. Memphis Belle)
Specific postwar documentaries (e.g. Victory at Sea)
Documentaries as propaganda (e.g. the Why We Fight series)
The uses of WWII documentary footage in dramatic films
Images of The Enemy
Images of women and/or minorities
Images of American soldiers (as individuals or idealized figures “The GI”)
Documentaries’ treatment of dead, injured, or defeated American troops
The dynamics of filmmaker/military cooperation
Distribution of, viewing of, and audience reactions to wartime documentaries
Retrospective and anniversary treatments of wartime events
The Film and History League will hold its biennial meeting on 8-12 November at the Dolce Conference Center near the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) airport in Texas. The theme will be "The Documentary Tradition," and filmmakers D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus will be among the featured speakers. Full details on the meeting, including registration and program information, are available at
www.filmandhistory.org
Queries, session proposals and/or 250-word abstracts of individual papers for the History Channel area should be submitted, either electronically or as hard copy, to:
Dr. A. Bowdoin Van Riper
Department of Social and International Studies
Southern Polytechnic State University
1100 South Marietta Parkway
Marietta GA 30060
bvanriper@bellsouth.net
DEADLINE: 25 July 2006
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