Dear Film Scholars, A revised and updated version of the conference program is now on the web site for Film & History. It looks as though there will be 500 scholars attending our meeting on "The Documentary Tradition," plus a few hundred local college students eager to learn about the genre. U of North Texas, Texas Woman's College, and UT-Arlington will send large contingents. Our special, surprise participants are members of the HANSON band; they will be showing their new documentary entitled "Strong Enough to Break" and will be looking for invitations to campuses around the country. They are passionate about the need to change the music industry and want to talk directly to young people about their ideas, using the film as a catalyst for discussion. Editors from The Journal of Popular Culture, The Journal of American Culture, Film & History, Post Script, the Literature/Film Quarterly, the Journal of Popular Film and Television, the Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television will be at the meeting and have a session on the evening of November 8th in the large Flagship Auditorium. Special sessions with scholars Ray Fielding and Betsy McLane and Robert B. Toplin. Many other senior scholars roaming the halls, to include our Founder, John E. O'Connor. Special film artists: D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, Glen Marcus, the Mondells with direct discussion of their work. Other filmmakers showing and telling in our video rooms. Books exhibits with Scholar's Choice and special book signing for the authors in our midst. Special display by Keith Wheelock of our new "Documentary Archive" on the web site; Keith will be soliciting reviewers for the reference source. ([log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) ) The full span of areas for the meeting plus the revised and updated program are on the web site: _www.filmandhistory.org_ (http://www.filmandhistory.org) Be there or be square! Peter Rollins Film & History [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) _www.filmandhistory.org_ (http://www.filmandhistory.org) ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html