A new history of documentary film.0826417507 A new history of documentary film. Ellis, Jack C. and Betsy A. McLane. Continuum Publishing Group 2005 385 pages $65.00 Hardcover PN1995 This study focuses on the development of the social documentary in Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. , the US, and Canada and emphasizes films in the English language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. . The authors discuss its definition, and trace its progress from 1922 to the 1990s, in American, Soviet, and European forms up to 1929, then centering on Great Britain, the US, and Canada. Each chapter lists films from the period. Other topics include documentaries for television, British free cinema and social-realist features, direct cinema and cinema verite ci·né·ma vé·ri·té n. A style of documentary filmmaking that stresses unbiased realism. [French cinéma-vérité : cinéma, cinema + vérité, truth. , and video. Appendices ap·pen·di·ces n. A plural of appendix. list awards and festivals. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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