Documentary films

As criticism continues to mount over Israel's violation of Palestinian human rights and of international law, campaigns to silence and repress those who speak out against Israeli apartheid have grown alarmingly.

William Blake famously imagined 'Jerusalem builded here' in London.

Filmmakers in the early decades of the Soviet Union sought to create a cinematic map of the new state by portraying its land and peoples on screen.

Since the beginning of human history, stories have helped people make sense of their lives and their world.

During the first decade of the twenty-first century, a stunning array of documentary films focusing on environmental issues has been met with critical and popular acclaim.

During the first decade of the twenty-first century, a stunning array of documentary films focusing on environmental issues has been met with critical and popular acclaim.

This book is framed by theories of globalization and delves into the development of a new global media culture.

This book is framed by theories of globalization and delves into the development of a new global media culture.

Downtown Film and TV Culture, 1975-2001 brings together essays by filmmakers, exhibitors, cultural critics, and scholars from multiple generations of the New York Downtown scene to illuminate individual films and filmmakers and explore the creation of a Downtown Canon, the impact of AIDS on younger filmmakers, community access cable television broadcasts, and the impact of the historic downtown scene on contemporary experimental culture.

Downtown Film and TV Culture 1975-2001 brings together essays by filmmakers, exhibitors, cultural critics and scholars from multiple generations of the New York Downtown scene to illuminate individual films and filmmakers and explore the creation of a Downtown Canon, the impact of AIDS on younger filmmakers, community access to cable television broadcasts, and the impact of the historic downtown scene on contemporary experimental culture.

Film festivals are an ever-growing part of the film industry, but most considerations of them focus almost entirely on their role in the business of filmmaking.

Film festivals are an ever-growing part of the film industry, but most considerations of them focus almost entirely on their role in the business of filmmaking.

In 1994, artistic freedom pertaining inter alia to literature was enshrined in the South African Constitution.

Lucid Dreaming is an unprecedented global collection of discussions with documentary and experimental filmmakers, giving film and video its rightful place alongside the written word as an essential medium for conveying the most urgent concerns in contemporary arts and politics.

How are climate change, weather-related disasters, food and water insecurity, and energetic and infrastructural collapse narrated audiovisually in the most environmentally vulnerable areas of the Planet?

"e;A towering achievement, and a volume I know I'll be consulting on a regular basis.

Documentary students and fans revel in stories about filmmakers conquering extraordinary challenges trying to bring their work to the screen.

Documentary students and fans revel in stories about filmmakers conquering extraordinary challenges trying to bring their work to the screen.

After the Fact studies the terrain of Holocaust documentaries subsequent to the turn of the twenty-first century.

After the Fact studies the terrain of Holocaust documentaries subsequent to the turn of the twenty-first century.

Letters from prison, songs, poems, and courtroom statements, plus tributes to the Russian punk band that shook the world.

Werner Herzog is the undisputed master of extreme cinema: building an opera house in the middle of the jungle; walking from Munich to Paris in the dead of winter; descending into an active volcano; living in the wilderness among grizzly bears - he has always been intrigued by the extremes of human experience.

How to Film Truth explores the history of documentary film as a search for truth by filmmakers, and a journey of discovery for subjects and audiences.

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license.

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license.

Come round to Louis Theroux's house, where the much-loved documentary-maker finds himself in unexpected danger .

George Polk Award Winner: This account of American book banning and the battles against it is "e;a tour de force to fascinate lawyers and laymen alike"e; (The New York Times Book Review).

Twisted bodies, deformed faces, aberrant behavior, and abnormal desires characterized the hideous creatures of classic Hollywood horror, which thrilled audiences with their sheer grotesqueness.

A New History of Documentary Film includes new research that offers a fresh way to understand how the field began and grew.

A New History of Documentary Film includes new research that offers a fresh way to understand how the field began and grew.

Esfir Shub was the only prominent female director of nonfiction film present at the dawning of the Soviet film industry.

Esfir Shub was the only prominent female director of nonfiction film present at the dawning of the Soviet film industry.

Using cine-ethnomusicology as a focus, Cineworlding introduces readers to ways of thinking eco-cinematically.

Using cine-ethnomusicology as a focus, Cineworlding introduces readers to ways of thinking eco-cinematically.

During the first decades of the 21st century, a critical re-assessment of the reenactment as a form of historical representation has taken place in the disciplines of history, art history and performance studies.

During the first decades of the 21st century, a critical re-assessment of the reenactment as a form of historical representation has taken place in the disciplines of history, art history and performance studies.

Staging West German Democracy examines how political "e;founding discourses"e; of the nascent Federal Republic (FRG) were reflected, reinforced, and actively manufactured by the Federal government in conjunction with the West German, state-controlled newsreel system, the Deutsche Wochenschau.

Staging West German Democracy examines how political "e;founding discourses"e; of the nascent Federal Republic (FRG) were reflected, reinforced, and actively manufactured by the Federal government in conjunction with the West German, state-controlled newsreel system, the Deutsche Wochenschau.

The Classical Animated Documentary and Its Contemporary Evolution is the first book to provide an historical insight into the animated documentary.

The Classical Animated Documentary and Its Contemporary Evolution is the first book to provide an historical insight into the animated documentary.

Vocal Projections: Voices in Documentary examines a previously neglected topic in the field of documentary studies: the political, aesthetic, and affective functions that voices assume.

Vocal Projections: Voices in Documentary examines a previously neglected topic in the field of documentary studies: the political, aesthetic, and affective functions that voices assume.

Martin Scorsese's Documentary Histories: Migrations, Movies, Music is the first comprehensive study of Martin Scorsese's prolific work as a documentary filmmaker.

Martin Scorsese's Documentary Histories: Migrations, Movies, Music is the first comprehensive study of Martin Scorsese's prolific work as a documentary filmmaker.

New Nonfiction Film: Art, Poetics and Documentary Theory is the first book to offer a lengthy examination of the relationship between fiction and documentary from the perspective of art and poetics.

New Nonfiction Film: Art, Poetics and Documentary Theory is the first book to offer a lengthy examination of the relationship between fiction and documentary from the perspective of art and poetics.

Documentary has never attracted such audiences, never been produced with such ease from so many corners of the globe, never embraced such variety of expression.

Documentary has never attracted such audiences, never been produced with such ease from so many corners of the globe, never embraced such variety of expression.

Contemporary Russia stands apart as one of the most prolific generators of conspiracy theories and paranoid rhetoric.

Contemporary Russia stands apart as one of the most prolific generators of conspiracy theories and paranoid rhetoric.