Green Documentary : Environmental Documentary in theTwenty-First Century

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes, Helen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Documentary films--History and criticism.

Environmental protection and motion pictures.

Environmentalism in motion pictures.

Local Subjects:

Documentary films--History and criticism.

Environmental protection and motion pictures.

Environmentalism in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Intellect, 2014.

Summary:

During the first decade of the twenty-first century, a stunning array of documentary films focusing on environmental issues has been met with critical and popular acclaim. Green Documentary is the first book-length study of this phenomenon. It explores how the films offer a variety of responses to the questions raised by environmental change: about the future of the countryside, the relationship between health and industrial pollution, the role of corporations, and the politics of energy and climate. Offering a coherent analysis of imaginative, controversial and high-profile documentary films

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction: Contemplation, Irony, Argument; Chapter 2: The Institutional Context; Chapter 3: The Contemplative Response; Chapter 4: The Ironic Response; Chapter 5: The Argumentative Response; Chapter 6: The Material Response; Works Cited; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-78320-255-6

OCLC:

919565495