Documentary film : a very short introduction
Aufderheide, Patricia2007
Book
Review: "In this guide, Patricia Aufderheide takes readers along the diverse paths of documentary film history and charts the lively, often fierce debates among filmmakers and scholars about the best ways to represent reality and to tell the truths worth telling." "Beginning with an overview of the central issues of documentary filmmaking, Aufderheide focuses on several of its key subgenres, including public affairs films, government propaganda (particularly works produced during World War II), historical documentaries, and nature films. Her thematic approach allows readers to enter the subject matter through the kinds of films that first attracted them to documentaries, and it makes connections between eras, as well as revealing documentary's core controversies involving objectivity, advocacy, and bias.""Interwoven throughout are discussions of the ethical and practical considerations that arise with every aspect of documentary production. The book includes a list of "100 great documentaries" that anyone with a serious interest in the genre should see."--BOOK JACKET.
Main title:
Documentary film : a very short introduction / Patricia Aufderheide.
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2007.
Collation:
xi, 158 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-146) and index.
Contents:
1. Defining the documentary -- Naming -- Form -- Founders -- Cinema verite -- 2. Subgenres -- Public affairs -- Government propaganda -- Advocacy -- Historical -- Ethnographic -- Nature -- 3. Conclusion -- A note on history and scholarship -- One Hundred Great Documentaries.
ISBN:
0195182707 (pbk)9780195182705 (pbk)
Dewey class:
070.18791.4353
LC class:
PN1995.9.D6
Language:
English
BRN:
165658
Electronic access:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Art and Culture | ARTS 791.4353 AUDF | Available |