Documenting the Documentary Close Readings of Documentary Film and Video |
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| Editor:
| Grant, Barry Keith
Sloniowski, Jeannette |
| Author:
| Nichols, Bill |
| Series title: | Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8143-3971-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2013 |
| Publisher: | Wayne State University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $62.70 |
Book Description:
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Originally released in 1998, Documenting the Documentary responded to a scholarly landscape in which documentary film was largely understudied and undervalued aesthetically, and analysed instead through issues of ethics, politics, and film technology. This new edition adds five new essays on more recent films. Thirty-one film and media scholars cover the significant developments in the history of documentary filmmaking from Nanook of the North (1922), to contemporary independent film...
More DescriptionOriginally released in 1998, Documenting the Documentary responded to a scholarly landscape in which documentary film was largely understudied and undervalued aesthetically, and analysed instead through issues of ethics, politics, and film technology. This new edition adds five new essays on more recent films. Thirty-one film and media scholars cover the significant developments in the history of documentary filmmaking from Nanook of the North (1922), to contemporary independent film and video productions.