Luci Marzola
@lucimarz.bsky.social
Hollywood historian. Technology, media industries, labor, craft. Program Coordinator of Cinema and Media Studies@ USC. Hollywood Unions (Rutgers, 2025), Engineering Hollywood (Oxford, 2021)
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Luci Marzola
@lucimarz.bsky.social
· Dec 3
It’s arrived! @kfortmueller.bsky.social and I are so thrilled to have this out in the world (and done). Get your copy of #HollywoodUnions from @rutgersupress.bsky.social now!
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We're hiring. It's a real needle-in-a-haystack search for an experienced teacher who can help reimagine our flagship (i.e., huge) intro course for a new era. 3/3 load. Convenient to Hollywood and Holbox.
usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...
usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...
Open-rank Assistant, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at USC
Open-rank Assistant, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at USC
usccareers.usc.edu
October 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
We're hiring. It's a real needle-in-a-haystack search for an experienced teacher who can help reimagine our flagship (i.e., huge) intro course for a new era. 3/3 load. Convenient to Hollywood and Holbox.
usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...
usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...
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With the horrifying capitulation by Columbia, and as someone that has worked in the college admissions space for 20+ years, I would want more like to rail against the right's ABSOLUTE OBSESSION w/GPA and test scores as being the only thing that should matter for admissions. It is an asinine metric!
July 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
With the horrifying capitulation by Columbia, and as someone that has worked in the college admissions space for 20+ years, I would want more like to rail against the right's ABSOLUTE OBSESSION w/GPA and test scores as being the only thing that should matter for admissions. It is an asinine metric!
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The Hollywood Conference was great! Congratulations to @lucimarz.bsky.social and all the organizers. #HWC2025
The Hollywood Conference affirmed my love of small, thematic conferences. I saw so many inspiring talks, and there was enough downtime to have actual conversations with people I have known for a long time and with people I just met here. I hope there will be a second iteration. #HWC2025
July 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The Hollywood Conference was great! Congratulations to @lucimarz.bsky.social and all the organizers. #HWC2025
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The Hollywood Conference at USC was perfect: highly-quality scholarship on a focused topic, great mix of scholars at all ranks, and lots of time for conviviality and community. Thanks @lucimarz.bsky.social! You’re an ace. #HWC2025
Looks like Los Angeles is going to show off its A+ weather for the Hollywood Conference this week. Bring your sunglasses for the LA sunshine and light sweaters for our breezy evenings (and overzealous air conditioning in the School of Cinematic Arts). #HWC2025
July 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The Hollywood Conference at USC was perfect: highly-quality scholarship on a focused topic, great mix of scholars at all ranks, and lots of time for conviviality and community. Thanks @lucimarz.bsky.social! You’re an ace. #HWC2025
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The Hollywood Conference affirmed my love of small, thematic conferences. I saw so many inspiring talks, and there was enough downtime to have actual conversations with people I have known for a long time and with people I just met here. I hope there will be a second iteration. #HWC2025
July 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The Hollywood Conference affirmed my love of small, thematic conferences. I saw so many inspiring talks, and there was enough downtime to have actual conversations with people I have known for a long time and with people I just met here. I hope there will be a second iteration. #HWC2025
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On the occasion of #HWC2025 our colleague Eric Hoyt (of Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research) has written this wonderful blog post. Includes links to resources from Media History Digital Library.
wcftr.commarts.wisc.edu/index.php/20...
wcftr.commarts.wisc.edu/index.php/20...
July 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
On the occasion of #HWC2025 our colleague Eric Hoyt (of Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research) has written this wonderful blog post. Includes links to resources from Media History Digital Library.
wcftr.commarts.wisc.edu/index.php/20...
wcftr.commarts.wisc.edu/index.php/20...
Looks like Los Angeles is going to show off its A+ weather for the Hollywood Conference this week. Bring your sunglasses for the LA sunshine and light sweaters for our breezy evenings (and overzealous air conditioning in the School of Cinematic Arts). #HWC2025
July 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Looks like Los Angeles is going to show off its A+ weather for the Hollywood Conference this week. Bring your sunglasses for the LA sunshine and light sweaters for our breezy evenings (and overzealous air conditioning in the School of Cinematic Arts). #HWC2025
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This 1st—of hopefully many—Hollywood Conference is going to be so 🔥 and I’m extremely jealous of the lucky folks who get to attend!
Enjoy & post everything
@lucimarz.bsky.social @jdconnor.bsky.social @nitingovil.bsky.social
And what a time to be in LA 😍
Enjoy & post everything
@lucimarz.bsky.social @jdconnor.bsky.social @nitingovil.bsky.social
And what a time to be in LA 😍
The Hollywood Conference is just over a week away and we have our full schedule up on our website. It's going to be so much fun (for an academic conference)! #HWC25 thehollywoodconference.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This 1st—of hopefully many—Hollywood Conference is going to be so 🔥 and I’m extremely jealous of the lucky folks who get to attend!
Enjoy & post everything
@lucimarz.bsky.social @jdconnor.bsky.social @nitingovil.bsky.social
And what a time to be in LA 😍
Enjoy & post everything
@lucimarz.bsky.social @jdconnor.bsky.social @nitingovil.bsky.social
And what a time to be in LA 😍
The Hollywood Conference is just over a week away and we have our full schedule up on our website. It's going to be so much fun (for an academic conference)! #HWC25 thehollywoodconference.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The Hollywood Conference is just over a week away and we have our full schedule up on our website. It's going to be so much fun (for an academic conference)! #HWC25 thehollywoodconference.com
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Despite these weird times, I’m looking forward to participating in the inaugural Hollywood Conference at University of Southern California in a few weeks. Bravo @lucimarz.bsky.social @jdconnor.bsky.social @nitingovil.bsky.social + team for planning an amazing 4 days!
www.thehollywoodconference.com
www.thehollywoodconference.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Despite these weird times, I’m looking forward to participating in the inaugural Hollywood Conference at University of Southern California in a few weeks. Bravo @lucimarz.bsky.social @jdconnor.bsky.social @nitingovil.bsky.social + team for planning an amazing 4 days!
www.thehollywoodconference.com
www.thehollywoodconference.com
Gutted by the loss of my friend and colleague Barbara. I never could have written EH without her guidance and help in penetrating the hidden archives of the Herrick. Her chapter on the Art Directors Guild in Hollywood Unions was a vivid example of the care and thought she put into everything.
Barbara Hall, film historian, Archivist for the Art Directors Guild, former Archivist at the Margaret Herrick Library (AMPAS), and co-author of Letters from Hollywood: Inside the Private World of Classic American Moviemaking (2019), passed away on May 24, 2025, surrounded by her loving family.
May 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Gutted by the loss of my friend and colleague Barbara. I never could have written EH without her guidance and help in penetrating the hidden archives of the Herrick. Her chapter on the Art Directors Guild in Hollywood Unions was a vivid example of the care and thought she put into everything.
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Barbara Hall, film historian, Archivist for the Art Directors Guild, former Archivist at the Margaret Herrick Library (AMPAS), and co-author of Letters from Hollywood: Inside the Private World of Classic American Moviemaking (2019), passed away on May 24, 2025, surrounded by her loving family.
May 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Barbara Hall, film historian, Archivist for the Art Directors Guild, former Archivist at the Margaret Herrick Library (AMPAS), and co-author of Letters from Hollywood: Inside the Private World of Classic American Moviemaking (2019), passed away on May 24, 2025, surrounded by her loving family.
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They're terminating OPT.
Today the nominee to head USCIS stated directly: he will end Optional Practical Training, the single largest channel for high-skill immigrants to work in the US.
6 weeks ago I warned about this & summarized the research on impacts of this drastic action—> @piie.com
Today the nominee to head USCIS stated directly: he will end Optional Practical Training, the single largest channel for high-skill immigrants to work in the US.
6 weeks ago I warned about this & summarized the research on impacts of this drastic action—> @piie.com
Skilled immigration on the chopping block? Effects of eliminating "Optional Practical Training" in the US
The White House has taken numerous steps to sharply reduce the number of immigrant workers, with or without legal status, in the US economy. These policies, so far, typically target immigrants with le...
www.piie.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
They're terminating OPT.
Today the nominee to head USCIS stated directly: he will end Optional Practical Training, the single largest channel for high-skill immigrants to work in the US.
6 weeks ago I warned about this & summarized the research on impacts of this drastic action—> @piie.com
Today the nominee to head USCIS stated directly: he will end Optional Practical Training, the single largest channel for high-skill immigrants to work in the US.
6 weeks ago I warned about this & summarized the research on impacts of this drastic action—> @piie.com
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The lovely @natlhumanities.bsky.social is hiring a Scholarly Programs Research Manager! nationalhumanitiescenter.org/careers/
Careers at the National Humanities Center | National Humanities Center
The National Humanities Center is looking for amazing and talented humanists. Join our team!
nationalhumanitiescenter.org
May 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The lovely @natlhumanities.bsky.social is hiring a Scholarly Programs Research Manager! nationalhumanitiescenter.org/careers/
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I made a silent puppet film about Godzilla vs. Paul Bunyan.
(thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)
(thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)
May 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I made a silent puppet film about Godzilla vs. Paul Bunyan.
(thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)
(thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)
Had a fantastic final class in my seminar on #HollywoodUnions today. So exciting to see student engage with the work. They presented on women editors, equity and the roster system, WGA arbitration, reality TV writers and performers, HUAC, TikTok drama production, controlling data in negotiations…
April 30, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Had a fantastic final class in my seminar on #HollywoodUnions today. So exciting to see student engage with the work. They presented on women editors, equity and the roster system, WGA arbitration, reality TV writers and performers, HUAC, TikTok drama production, controlling data in negotiations…
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This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, If They Dare www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
Opinion | This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, If They Dare
It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, If They Dare www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
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Beautiful piece on Linda Williams (1946-2025 💔) in the NY Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/a...
Linda Williams, Who Introduced Pornography to Academia, Dies at 78
One of the first to write seriously about a fraught subject, she also played a major role in developing the field of film studies and feminist film theory.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Beautiful piece on Linda Williams (1946-2025 💔) in the NY Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/a...
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Crisscrossing the Hollywood-Documentary Divide” with Joshua Glick, Michael Renov, and Dave Fresko at USC’s Hollywood Conference #HWC25.
Glad Glick corralled us 🤣
Glad Glick corralled us 🤣
March 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Crisscrossing the Hollywood-Documentary Divide” with Joshua Glick, Michael Renov, and Dave Fresko at USC’s Hollywood Conference #HWC25.
Glad Glick corralled us 🤣
Glad Glick corralled us 🤣
Decisions for the Hollywood Conference are out and registration is open! We're so excited to see you all in Los Angeles this summer. #HWC25 www.thehollywoodconference.com/register
a man in a tuxedo is applauding while sitting in a crowd of people .
Alt: Cary Grant excited to see some groundbreaking scholarship and thought-provoking roundtables at the Hollywood Conference.
media.tenor.com
March 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Decisions for the Hollywood Conference are out and registration is open! We're so excited to see you all in Los Angeles this summer. #HWC25 www.thehollywoodconference.com/register
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I spy @lucimarz.bsky.social and @kfortmueller.bsky.social’s edited volume HOLLYWOOD UNIONS prominently on display at the Margaret Herrick Library!
March 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I spy @lucimarz.bsky.social and @kfortmueller.bsky.social’s edited volume HOLLYWOOD UNIONS prominently on display at the Margaret Herrick Library!
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everyone should listen to this in its entirety but journalists should listen to it multiple times. this is how you ask questions. you just keep asking simple, easily answerable stuff and the evasiveness becomes that much more glaring
In which the Department of Homeland Security struggles to answer a very simple question: "Is any criticism of the United States government a deportable offense?"
(From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...)
(From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...)
March 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
everyone should listen to this in its entirety but journalists should listen to it multiple times. this is how you ask questions. you just keep asking simple, easily answerable stuff and the evasiveness becomes that much more glaring
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Senator Schumer on the Galactic Empire: we will allow them to blow up planets for now in the event this makes them unpopular and then maybe we can get some of their support to stop blowing up planets
March 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Senator Schumer on the Galactic Empire: we will allow them to blow up planets for now in the event this makes them unpopular and then maybe we can get some of their support to stop blowing up planets
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Check out the latest episode of New Books in Film on Kate Fortmueller and Luci Marzola's wonderful new collection, Hollywood Unions!
@lucimarz.bsky.social and I had a great time chatting about Hollywood Unions on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Thanks, @petecant.bsky.social for asking thoughtful questions! newbooksnetwork.com/hollywood-un...
Kate Fortmueller and Luci Marzola, "Hollywood Unions" (Rutgers UP, 2024) - New Books Network
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March 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Check out the latest episode of New Books in Film on Kate Fortmueller and Luci Marzola's wonderful new collection, Hollywood Unions!