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| Preface | |
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| Some Ways to Think About Documentary | |
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| Description | |
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| Definition | |
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| Intellectual Contexts | |
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| Pre-Documentary Origins | |
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| Books on Documentary Theory and General Histories of Documentary | |
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| The Work of Robert and Frances Flaherty | |
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| The Flaherty Way | |
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| The Flaherty Legacy | |
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| Chapter Related Films | |
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| Chapter Related Books | |
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| The Soviets and Political Indoctrination, 1922-1929 | |
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| Reportage/Newsreel | |
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| Compilation | |
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| Epic | |
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| Fiction and Documentary | |
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| The Fiction Films | |
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| The European Avant-Garde Experimentation, 1922-1929 | |
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| Aesthetic Predispositions | |
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| Avant-Garde and Documentary | |
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| Three City Symphonies | |
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| Changes in the Avant-Garde | |
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| Institutionalization: Great Britain, 1929-1939 | |
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| Background and Underpinnings | |
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| The System | |
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| The Films | |
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| Grierson and Flaherty | |
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| Grierson's Contribution | |
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| Institutionalization USA, 1930-1941 | |
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| The March of Time | |
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| Government Documentaries | |
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| Non-Government Documentaries | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| D�nouement | |
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| An Aside to Conclude | |
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| WWII | |
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| Part A: Great Britain | |
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| Early Days | |
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| Indoctrination | |
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| Social Documentary | |
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| Records of Battle | |
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| Part B: Canada | |
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| Founding of National Film Board | |
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| Theatrical Series | |
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| Nontheatrical Films | |
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| Summary | |
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| Part C: United States | |
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| Training | |
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| Indoctrination - Why We Fight | |
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| Records of Battle | |
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| Social Documentary | |
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| Comparisons: Great Britain, Canada, United States | |
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| Chapter Related Films | |
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| Post-war Documentary, 1945-1961 | |
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| Personnel and Leadership | |
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| Sponsorship | |
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| USIA Films | |
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| Canada | |
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| Subjects | |
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| Internationalism | |
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| Approaches and Techniques | |
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| Observations | |
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| Documentary for Television, The 'Golden Years,' 1951-1971 | |
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| Historical Background | |
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| Documentary Series | |
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| Special Characteristics of Television Documentary | |
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| Chapter Related Films | |
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| Chapter Related Books | |
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| British Free Cinema and New American Cinema, 1953-1960 | |
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| Critical Background | |
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| Free Cinema Films | |
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| The United States | |
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| Chapter Related Films | |
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| Cin�ma v�rit�, direct cinema, 1958-1970 | |
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| Historical Background | |
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| New Technology and First CV/Direct | |
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| Direct cinema vs. cin�ma v�rit� | |
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| Effects on Documentary Subjects and Styles | |
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| Frederick Wiseman | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chapter Related Films | |
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| Chapter Related Books | |
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| The 1970s: Power to the People | |
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| Some Established Filmmakers | |
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| New Directions in CV/Direct | |
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| Political Emphases and Vietnam | |
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| Newsreel Collectives | |
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| Feminist Resurgence | |
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| Challenge for Change | |
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| Public Access Television | |
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| Other Emerging Organization | |
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| Video Arrives | |
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| Cable and Satellite Technology | |
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| Personal Essay Film | |
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| Compilation | |
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| Strictly Political | |
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| Social and Ethnic Minorities | |
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| Representing Gay and Lesbian Culture | |
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| Chapter Related Films | |
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| Chapter Related Books | |
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| Reality Bytes | |
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| Business and Technology: The Bad and The Good | |
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| American Public Television | |
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| Archival Documentary | |
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| The Ken Burns Phenomenon | |
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| Canada Soldiers On | |
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| Developments in the UK | |
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| American Independents | |
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| Chapter Related Films | |
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| Chapter Related Books | |
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| Documentary Tradition in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Werner Herzog | |
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| Steve James, Alex Gibney, Davis Guggenheim | |
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| Erroll Morris, Sinofsky & Berlinger, Stanley Nelson | |
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| Women Documentarians | |
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| Experimental Documentary | |
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| Theatres and Festivals | |
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| Chapter Related Films | |
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| Chapter Related Books | |
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| Now and When | |
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| Aesthetics and Content | |
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| Finance | |
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| Documentary Un-reality | |
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| Peter Watkins | |
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| Intimate Doings of Reality | |
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| Academic Approaches | |
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| Emergent Technologies | |
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| Social Media | |
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| Commitment to History | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chapter Related Films | |
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| Chapter Related Books | |
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| Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature | |
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| The National Film Registry | |
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| Index | |