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] www.amianet.org AMIA Conference in Austin, TX: November 16-20, 2011 Join "AMIA" on Facebook! ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html