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Preface | p. xiii |
Some Ways to Think About Documentary | p. 1 |
Description | p. 1 |
Definition | p. 4 |
Intellectual Contexts | p. 7 |
Pre-Documentary Origins | p. 9 |
Books on Documentary Theory and General Histories of Documentary | p. 18 |
The Work of Robert and Frances Flaherty | p. 21 |
The Flaherty Way | p. 34 |
The Flaherty Legacy | p. 36 |
Chapter Related Films | p. 39 |
Chapter Related Books | p. 39 |
The Soviets and Political Indoctrination, 1922-1929 | p. 41 |
Reportage/Newsreel | p. 42 |
Compilation | p. 48 |
Epic | p. 51 |
Fiction and Documentary | p. 51 |
The Fiction Films | p. 52 |
Chapter Related Films | p. 55 |
Chapter Related Books | p. 56 |
The European Avant-Garde Experimentation, 1922-1929 | p. 57 |
Aesthetic Predispositions | p. 57 |
Avant-Garde and Documentary | p. 59 |
Three City Symphonies | p. 63 |
Changes in the Avant-Garde | p. 68 |
Chapter Related Films | p. 70 |
Chapter Related Books | p. 70 |
Institutionalization: Great Britain, 1929-1939 | p. 73 |
Background and Underpinnings | p. 73 |
The System | p. 75 |
The Films | p. 79 |
Grierson and Flaherty | p. 87 |
Grierson's Contribution | p. 89 |
Chapter Related Films | p. 91 |
Chapter Related Books | p. 91 |
Institutionalization USA, 1930-1941 | p. 93 |
The March of Time | p. 96 |
Government Documentaries | p. 99 |
Non-Government Documentaries | p. 107 |
Conclusions | p. 110 |
Dénouement | p. 112 |
An Aside to Conclude | p. 113 |
Chapter Related Films | p. 114 |
Chapter Related Books | p. 115 |
WWII | p. 117 |
Part A: Great Britain | p. 117 |
Early Days | p. 118 |
Indoctrination | p. 120 |
Social Documentary | p. 124 |
Records of Battle | p. 126 |
Part B: Canada | p. 130 |
Founding of National Film Board | p. 131 |
Theatrical Series | p. 132 |
Nontheatrical Films | p. 135 |
Summary | p. 136 |
Part C: United States | p. 137 |
Training | p. 138 |
Indoctrination - Why We Fight | p. 139 |
Records of Battle | p. 143 |
Social Documentary | p. 146 |
Comparisons: Great Britain, Canada, United States | p. 149 |
Chapter Related Films | p. 153 |
Chapter Related Books | p. 153 |
Post-war Documentary, 1945-1961 | p. 159 |
Personnel and Leadership | p. 162 |
Sponsorship | p. 167 |
USIA Films | p. 167 |
Canada | p. 171 |
Subjects | p. 172 |
Internationalism | p. 173 |
Approaches and Techniques | p. 176 |
Observations | p. 176 |
Chapter Related Films | p. 181 |
Chapter Related Books | p. 182 |
Documentary for Television, The 'Golden Years,' 1951-1971 | p. 185 |
Historical Background | p. 186 |
Documentary Series | p. 188 |
Special Characteristics of Television Documentary | p. 196 |
Chapter Related Films | p. 200 |
Chapter Related Books | p. 201 |
British Free Cinema and New American Cinema, 1953-1960 | p. 203 |
Critical Background | p. 204 |
Free Cinema Films | p. 208 |
The United States | p. 211 |
Chapter Related Films | p. 217 |
Chapter Related Books | p. 217 |
Cinéma vérité, direct cinema, 1958-1970 | p. 219 |
Historical Background | p. 220 |
New Technology and First CV/Direct | p. 222 |
Direct cinema vs. cinéma vérité | p. 231 |
Effects on Documentary Subjects and Styles | p. 233 |
Frederick Wiseman | p. 237 |
Conclusion | p. 239 |
Chapter Related Films | p. 240 |
Chapter Related Books | p. 241 |
The 1970s: Power to the People | p. 243 |
Some Established Filmmakers | p. 244 |
New Directions in CV/Direct | p. 250 |
Political Emphases and Vietnam | p. 255 |
Newsreel Collectives | p. 257 |
Feminist Resurgence | p. 259 |
Challenge for Change | p. 262 |
Public Access Television | p. 263 |
Other Emerging Organization | p. 265 |
Chapter Related Films | p. 268 |
Chapter Related Books | p. 269 |
Video Arrives | p. 271 |
Cable and Satellite Technology | p. 274 |
Personal Essay Film | p. 277 |
Compilation | p. 279 |
Strictly Political | p. 283 |
Social and Ethnic Minorities | p. 285 |
Representing Gay and Lesbian Culture | p. 292 |
Chapter Related Films | p. 298 |
Chapter Related Books | p. 299 |
Reality Bytes | p. 301 |
Business and Technology: The Bad and The Good | p. 302 |
American Public Television | p. 306 |
Archival Documentary | p. 308 |
The Ken Burns Phenomenon | p. 312 |
Canada Soldiers On | p. 316 |
Developments in the UK | p. 317 |
American Independents | p. 322 |
Chapter Related Films | p. 327 |
Chapter Related Books | p. 329 |
Documentary Tradition in the Twenty-First Century | p. 331 |
Werner Herzog | p. 335 |
Steve James, Alex Gibney, Davis Guggenheim | p. 337 |
Erroll Morris, Sinofsky & Berlinger, Stanley Nelson | p. 342 |
Women Documentarians | p. 346 |
Experimental Documentary | p. 351 |
Theatres and Festivals | p. 357 |
Chapter Related Films | p. 361 |
Chapter Related Books | p. 362 |
Now and When | p. 363 |
Aesthetics and Content | p. 365 |
Finance | p. 368 |
Documentary Un-reality | p. 370 |
Peter Watkins | p. 375 |
Intimate Doings of Reality | p. 377 |
Academic Approaches | p. 379 |
Emergent Technologies | p. 381 |
Social Media | p. 382 |
Commitment to History | p. 384 |
Conclusion | p. 386 |
Chapter Related Films | p. 390 |
Chapter Related Books | p. 390 |
Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature | p. 391 |
The National Film Registry | p. 401 |
Index | p. 407 |
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