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To tell the truth, a history of documentary film. Episode 2, Working for change / a Lumiere Production ; director, Calvin Skaggs.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Documentary films--Production and direction--History.
- Documentary films.
- Social movements--United States--History.
- Social movements.
- Social movements--Great Britain--History.
- Grierson, John, 1898-1972.
- Grierson, John.
- History.
- Documentary films--Production and direction.
- United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
- United States.
- Economic conditions.
- Great Britain--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films.
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (56 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences
- Other Title:
- Working for change
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2014]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Explores the birth of the social documentary, featuring interviews with several of the people who helped define and shape the form. A detailed history of documentary filmmaking in the US and the UK from 1929 to 1941 focused on the social movements of the times, The Great Depression, The New Deal, and the awakening of the Leftwing in the UK.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Alec Baldwin.
- Credits:
- Editor, Cindy Kaplan Rooney ; music, Teese Gohl ; camera, Joel Shapiro, Michael Miles.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Lumiere Productions, c2012; previously released in 2013.
- Part of a six program series on the history of documentary filmmaking.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed August 11, 2014).
- Publisher Number:
- if-tt2 Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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