Documentaries such as Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman's "Born into
Brothels," Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," Jeffrey Blitz's
"Spellbound," along with "March of the Penguins" and "An
Inconvenient Truth" have achieved critical as well as popular
success. Although nonfiction film may have captured imaginations,
many viewers enter and leave theaters with a nanve concept of
"truth" and "reality"-for them, documentaries are information
sources. But is truth or reality readily available, easily
acquired, or undisputed? Or do documentaries convey illusions of
truth and reality? What aesthetic means are used to build these
illusions?
A documentary's sounds and images are always the product of
selection and choice, and often underscore points the filmmaker
wishes to make. "Crafting Truth" illuminates the ways these films
tell their stories; how they use the camera, editing, sound, and
performance; what rhetorical devices they employ; and what the
theoretical, practical, and ethical implications of these choices
are. Complex documentary concepts are presented through easily
accessible language, images, and a discussion of a wide range of
films and videos to encourage new ways of thinking about and seeing
nonfiction film.
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