Thank you for all of the hard work. I am so sad to see it go. A quick
question, where do we go from here? For info on publications, conferences
etc? This Subscription has been invaluable to me!



Alexandra Nakelski
Director- Zeitgeist Film Festival



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On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 9:26 PM Jeremy Butler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello, Screen-L subscribers,
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> The time has come for Screen-L to end its three-decade run.
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> Its first non-test message was submitted by Chris Amirault on Wednesday,
> 20 March 1991 at 19:15:43. I know these specifics because the ENTIRE
> Screen-L archive is online over here:
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> https://listserv.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=SCREEN-L
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> Screen-L was the first email discussion list devoted solely to film and TV
> studies—at a time when email was still a new-fangled communication service.
> I like to think that over the past 33 years it has provided a useful
> resource for folks to discuss projects, exchange ideas, solicit papers,
> announce new work, and network with like-minded individuals they might
> never meet face-to-face. In recent years, however, email discussion lists
> have been largely eclipsed by social media. And the messages submitted to
> Screen-L have become fewer and fewer.
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> I want to thank all of you for participating in Screen-L. Without its
> subscribers a discussion list would truly serve no purpose. I also must
> thank the University of Alabama, which has generously hosted it from the
> beginning.
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> I’m still working on the logistics of “sundowning” Screen-L. For one
> thing, I want to make sure that its archives don’t disappear from the
> Internet. And so my plan is to straighten a few things out and then for
> Screen-L to stop accepting new messages on March 31, 2024.
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> Thanks!
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> Jeremy
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> Screen-L founder and “owner” (but, really, Screen-L has always been owned
> by its subscribers)
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> Jeremy Butler, PhD
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> Professor Emeritus of Film and TV Studies
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> Blount Senior Fellow
> University of Alabama
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> ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives:
> https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html
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