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9780748621484

American Documentary Film Projecting the Nation

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  • ISBN13:

    9780748621484

  • ISBN10:

    0748621482

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-06-29
  • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

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Summary

How has the US documentary changed over time? What has changed it and how? This text shows how the documentary has revealed the complexities and contradictions at the heart of American society. Using a detailed analyses of key documentary film texts and filmmakers including Robert Flaherty, Pare Lorentz, Barbara Kopple, Frederick Wiseman, Errol Morris, Michael Moore, and Marlon Riggs, American Documentary Filmdemonstrates how the documentary reflects narratives of American culture and history, while contributing to the debate on representations of reality. Including a historical account of the non-fiction film, it also provides contemporary coverage on everything from patriotic fervor to reality TV.

Author Biography

Jeffrey Geiger is a senior lecturer in film studies at the University of Essex. He has published widely on documentary film and American Studies, as well as having a background in film production. His books include Facing the Pacific: Polynesia and the U.S. Imperial Imagination and, the co-edited Film Analysis: A Norton Reader.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. vii
List of illustrationsp. ix
List of abbreviationsp. xi
Introductionp. 1
Novelties, Spectacles and the Documentary Impulsep. 17
Case studies: Blacksmith Scene (1893), Buffalo Dance (1894), Mess Call (1896)
Virtual Travels and the Tourist Gazep. 40
Case study: Nanook of the North (1922)
Serious Play: Documentary and the Avant-Gardep. 65
Case study: Manhatta (1921)
Activism and Advocacy: The Depression Erap. 86
Case study: The Plow that Broke the Plains (1936)
Idea-Weapons: Documentary Propagandap. 121
Case study: The Memphis Belle (1944)
'Uncontrolled'Situations: Direct Cinemap. 154
Case study: Grey Gardens (1975)
Relative Truths: Documentary and Postmodernityp. 186
Case study: Tongues Untied (1989)
Media Wars: Documentary Dispersionp. 217
Case study: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Bibliographyp. 242
Indexp. 263
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