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Documentary film : a very short introduction / Patricia Aufderheide.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.D6 A94 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aufderheide, Patricia, author.
- Series:
- Very short introductions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Documentary films--History and criticism.
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 176 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
- illustration
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- In this introduction, Patricia Aufderheide takes readers along the diverse paths of documentary history and charts the lively, often fierce debates among filmmakers and scholars about the best ways to represent reality and to tell the truths worth telling. Beginning with an overview of the central issues of documentary filmmaking, Aufderheide focuses on several of its key subgenres, including public affairs films, government propaganda (particularly works produced during World War II), historical documentaries, and nature films. Interwoven throughout are discussions of the ethical and practical considerations that arise with every aspect of documentary production.
- Contents:
- Defining the documentary
- Developing the documentary
- Subgenres
- Innovations, enduring questions, and advancing knowledge.
- Notes:
- Previous edition: 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780197798263
- 0197798268
- OCLC:
- 1591094731
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000420647
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