Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction

Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction

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Author/Contributor(s): Aufderheide, Patricia
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 11/28/2007
Binding: Paperback
Condition: NEW
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.