Dear friends,

Sometimes TMI can be a great thing! In this case, it's the Association of
Moving Image Archivists' THE MOVING IMAGE journal and the new issue is just
coming out this week. It is dedicated to the amazing history of the
itinerant filmmakers and the discovery of their films. The essays are by the
leading historians and archivists behind the fairly recent movement to
investigate this phenomenon of the 20th century. More information is below.

Dennis Doros
AMIA Press Office/Milestone Film & VIdeo

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*



Announcing the publication of *The Moving Image *journal 10.1, “The
Itinerant Issue” (University of Minnesota Press)



*Subscription Information:*
http://www.upress.umn.edu/journals/movingimage/default.html

                        Individual subscriptions $30/year, Library
Subscriptions $75/year. Free with

Association of Moving Image Archivists membership.



*Contacts:*

Marsha Orgeron, Co-editor & Associate Professor, Film Studies, NCSU,
919-515-4149, [log in to unmask]

Devin Orgeron, Co-editor & Associate Professor, Film Studies, NCSU,
919-515-4138, [log in to unmask]

Teri Tynes, Managing Editor, [log in to unmask]



*Special Features/Contents:*

*The Moving Image* has published the first collection of essays dedicated to
the under-explored phenomenon of itinerant filmmaking and exhibition
practices. It features essays by archivists and scholars that document the
phenomenon of itinerant production and exhibition in the United States and
United Kingdom, including the publication of a filmography of itinerant film
productions and their whereabouts, organized by company, individual
filmmaker, and location.  The issue features essays by *Vanessa
Toulmin* (University
of Sheffield), *Caroline Frick *(George Eastman House), and *Martin
Johnson* (NYU),
as well as a rich Forum section with contributions by *Karan Sheldon*, *Margie
Compton*, *Albert Steg*, *Nathan Wagoner*, *Dwight Swanson*, *Bradley Reeves
*, and *Louisa Trott*.


No matter how they are named or what form they take—itinerant, local,
traveling, town, home town, chamber of commerce, and so on—these films and
the ways in which they were exhibited fill in an important and previously
neglected aspect of film history. Regional archives, personal collectors,
old movie theaters, family members, and Chambers of Commerce possess
itinerant films, but their fit within a larger constellation of films,
collections, and scholars has been difficult to ascertain or establish. As a
result, the films have often slipped through the cracks of collections large
and small. The issue gives some insight into the broader community that is
forming around itinerant motion pictures and the need for interconnectedness
and communication between archival collections and researchers.



*THE MOVING IMAGE*

*The Moving Image* is a peer-reviewed journal that explores topics relevant
to both the media archivist and the media scholar.  *The Moving Image* deals
with crucial issues surrounding the preservation, archiving, and restoration
of film, video, and digital moving images. The journal features detailed
profiles of moving image collections; interpretive and historical essays
about archival materials; articles on archival description, appraisal, and
access; behind-the-scenes looks at the techniques used to preserve, restore,
and digitize moving images; and theoretical articles on the future of the
field.  Not simply a journal for archivists, *The Moving Image* has unique
relevance for scholars who rely upon archives, both physical and electronic,
for their scholarship and teaching. We welcome submissions on these and
other film and media history topics, especially those that that illuminate
the value of archives or that utilize underappreciated archival sources. *The
Moving Image* is the journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists,
and is published twice a year in Spring and Fall.



-- 
Best regards,
Dennis Doros
AMIA Press Office
c/o Milestone Film & Video
PO Box 128
Harrington Park, NJ 07640
Phone: 800-603-1104 or 201-767-3117
Fax: 201-767-303
email: [log in to unmask]
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