The Documentary Film Reader: History Theory Criticism

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Bringing together an expansive range of writing by scholars critics historians and filmmakers The Documentary Film Reader presents an international perspective on the most significant developments and debates from several decades of critical writing about documentary. Each of the books seven sections covers a distinct period in the history of documentary collecting both contemporary and retrospective views of filmmaking in the era. And each section is prefaced by an introductory essay that explains its design and provides critical context. Painstakingly selected from the archives of more than a hundred years of cinema practice and theory the essays reviews interviews manifestos and ephemera gathered in this volume suit the needs and interests of the beginning student the advanced scholar the casual reader and the working documentarian.