100 Documentary Films

by Hillier, Jim; Grant, Barry Keith

• ISBN13: 9781844572656
• ISBN10: 184457265X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-15
• Publisher: British Film Institute

Summary

100 Documentariesprovides concise and authoritative entries on one hundred key non-fiction films, from the Lumiere brothers and the beginnings of film history to the present day, including recent films such asBowling for ColumbineandMarch of the Penguins. In addition to the introduction to the volume, which outlines the history, key periods and major debates in documentary cinema, each entry provides concise analysis, critical judgment and reference to key images and scenes, and cross-references to other films discussed help to place films in their historical and aesthetic contexts.

Author Biography

Barry Keith Grant is Professor of Film and Popular Culture at Brock University, Ontario, Canada.  He is the author of Film Genre: From Iconography to Ideology (2007) and Voyages of Discovery: The Cinema of Frederic Wiseman (1992). Jim HillIer is Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Reading.  He has edited a number of books, including American Independent Cinema (BFI 2001), Howard Hawks: American Artist (BFI 1996) and two volumes of selections from the Cahiers du Cinema.

Table of Contents

Preface

The Filmakers

The Cast

The Bigamist

The Audience

Upon Leaving the Movie Theatre, on the Bus

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