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Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
Series: Very Short Introductions
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Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's
pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's
anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov's artful
Soviet propaganda piece Man with a Movie Camera to Luc Jacquet's
heart-tugging wildlife epic March of the Penguins. In this concise,
crisply written guide, Patricia Aufderheide takes readers along the
diverse paths of documentary 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-its definitions and purposes, its forms and
founders-Aufderheide focuses on several of its key subgenres,
including public affairs films, government propaganda (particularly
the 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 permits her to make connections between
eras, as well as revealing the ongoing nature of 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. A particularly useful feature of the book is an
appended list of "100 great documentaries" that anyone with a
serious interest in the genre should see. Drawing on the author's
four decades of experience as a film scholar and critic, this book
is the perfect introduction not just for teachers and students but
also for all thoughtful filmgoers and for those who aspire to make
documentaries themselves. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short
Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds
of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books
are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our
expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and
enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly
readable.
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