Call for Papers: ?Re-Examining the Newsreel? for WIDE ANGLE: Journal of Film History, Theory, Criticism and Practice For a half century, newsreel footage was produced in massive quantity and exhibited incessantly around the world, covering a broad range of geography and subject matter. As the building blocks of historical documentaries, compilation films, and TV news programming, newsfilm recorded from the 1910s through the 1960s also constitutes an important element of contemporary nonfiction film and television. Therefore, the critical and historical literature devoted to newsreel is due for expansion and reconsideration. This issue of WIDE ANGLE re-examines the history and status of the millions of feet of newsfilm housed in archives around the world. We seek essays that address the institutional and historical contexts in which newsreel footage was created. How have newsreels represented history and historical events? How is the material found in newsfilm archives to be scrutinized as it is re-appropriated in contemporary documentary and other works of cinema and media? This WIDE ANGLE issue also aims to synthesize historical and archival research with a critical studies approach. Manuscripts might address: specific production companies, national case studies, methods and contexts of production/distribution, the exhibition and reception of newsreels, ideological critiques and interpretations of both original newsreels and films that use news footage in alternate ways. In addition to full-length manuscripts (ca. 5,000 ? 10,000 words), publishable reference materials (bibliographies, filmographies, archival guides, etc.) are also welcome. By July 1, 2002, please send manuscripts to be considered for publication to Prof. Dan Streible Dept. of Art (Film Studies) University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 USA Inquiries welcomed: [log in to unmask] (803) 777-9158 tele (803) 777-0535 fax About WIDE ANGLE WIDE ANGLE presents some of today?s foremost scholarship in film studies and examines a variety of topics ranging from international cinema to the history and aesthetics of film. Each issue concentrates on a single topic and offers extensively illustrated articles, interviews with prominent filmmakers, and reviews of recent books in the field. The journal?s unique thematic approach is well suited to course work, facilitating assigned reading and classroom discussion on particular film subjects. Readers include: scholars and students of film studies, film department chairpersons, literary critics, bookstores, and film and video producers. WIDE ANGLE's policy is to encourage the publication of quality scholarship employing diverse methodologies and espousing different points of view. We invite articles and commentaries from all film and television scholars and professionals. We also welcome translations of articles related to each issue's theme and reviews of current books on film and television. ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu