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A New History of Documentary Film
A New History of Documentary Film
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Author: Jack C. Ellis & Betsy A. McLane Publisher: Continuum # of Pages: 386 Pub. Date: 2008 ISBN-10: 0826417515 ISBN-13: 9780826417510
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About this book:
A thorough and definitive survey/history of documentary films. Concentrating mainly on the output of the US, the UK, and Canada, the authors outline the origins of the form and then show its development over the next several decades.
The book is completely up-to-date in discussing films like Fahrenheit 9/11 and Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer.
Written in a simple, chronological format, the text is straightforward and full of content, information, and historical perspective.
Each chapter concludes with a list of the key documentaries in that particular time period or genre, and there are helpful appendices listing all the winners of the Academy Award for Best Documentary, as well as the winners of the Grierson Award.
What they say:
“It’s an excellent introduction for any student wishing to understand the major trends in documentary production in the UK and North America and the major films of various eras…. Overall, A New History of Documentary Film is a worthy and ambitious book. The text would be a great resource for a library or for a documentary studies class.” Journal of Film and Video
About the Authors:
Jack C. Ellis is Professor Emeritus of Northwestern University, where he taught film from 1956-91. He has also taught, over that period, at the University of Texas, NYU, and UCLA. He was a founding member of the Society for Cinema Studies, and was awarded Honorary Life Membership in 1998. His textbook A History of Film (co-authored with Virginia Wright Wexman) is currently in its fifth edition.
Betsy A. McLane is a former Executive Director of the International Documentary Association. She has taught courses on film and documentary history at Loyola Marymount University, The University of Vermont, and the University of Southern California. She is a Past President of the University Film and Video Association. She has been a juror at the Sundance Film Festival and at the AFI Sony Video Awards. She is also currently Contributing Editor to International Documentary Magazine.
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