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CONTENTS PREFACE ONE Some Ways to Think About Documentary Description Definition Intellectual Contexts Pre-documentary Origins Books on Documentary Theory and General Histories of Documentary TWO Beginnings: The Americans and Popular Anthropology, 1922-1929 The Work of Robert Flaherty The Flaherty Way Offshoots from Flaherty Films of the Period Books on the Period THREE Beginnings: The Soviets and Political Indoctrination, 1922-1929 Nonfiction Fiction Films of the Period Books on the Period FOUR Beginnings: The European Avant-Gardists and Artistic Experimentation, 1922-1929 Aesthetic Predispositions Avant-Garde and Documentary Three City Symphonies End of the Avant-Garde Films of the Period Books on the Period FIVE Institutionalization: Great Britain, 1929-1939 Background and Underpinnings The System The Films Grierson and Flaherty Grierson's Contribution Films of the Period Books on the Period SIX Institutionalization: United States, 1930-1941 Film on the Left The March of Time Government Documentaries Nongovernment Documentaries American and British Differences Denouement An Aside to Conclude Films of the Period Books on the Period SEVEN Expansion: Great Britain, 1939-1945 Early Days Indoctrination Social Documentary Records of Battle Films of the Period Books on the Period EIGHT Expansion: Canada, 1939-1945 Founding of the National Film Board Theatrical Series Nontheatrical Films Summary Films of the Period Books on the Period NINE Expansion: United States, 1941-1945 Training Indoctrination Records of Battle Social Documentary Comparisons: Great Britain, Canada, the United States Films of the Period Books on the Period TEN The Unfulfilled Promise: Postwar Documentary, 1945-1952 Personnel and Leadership Sponsorship Subjects Approaches and Techniques Final Observations Films of the Period Books on the Period ELEVEN In Pursuit of Excellence: National Film Board of Canada's Unit B, 1948-1964 Films of the Period Books on the Period TWELVE A New Channel: Documentary for Television, the "Golden Years," 1951-1971 Historical Background Documentary Series Special Characteristics of Television Documentary Films of the Period Books on the Period THIRTEEN British Free Cinema and Social-Realist Features, 1956-1963 Critical Background Free Cinema Films Political and Cultural Context Social-Realist Features Films of the Period Books on the Period FOURTEEN Direct Cinema and Cinéma Vérité, 1960-1970 Historical Background New Technology and First Films Direct Cinema vs Cinéma Vérité Effects on Documentary Subjects and Styles Aesthetic and Ethical Considerations Films of the Period Books on the Period FIFTEEN English-Language Documentaries in the 1970s: Power of the People Veteran Filmmakers New Directions in Vérité Social and Political Emphases Historical Documentary Films of the Period Books on the Period SIXTEEN English-Language Documentary in the 1980s-Video Arrives Cable and Satellite Technology The Personal Essay Film The Historical Film Strictly Political Racial and Ethnic Minorities Representing Gay and Lesbian Culture Music and Performance Films of the Period Books on the Period SEVENTEEN English-Language Documentary in the 1990s and Beyond-Reality Bytes Business and Technology: The Bad and the Good American Public Television The Ken Burns Phenomenon Canada Soldiers On Developments in the United Kingdom American Independents Theatrical Documentary Films of the Period Books on the Period EIGHTEEN Some Other Ways to Think About Documentary Technological Promises Aesthetics and Content Finance Intimate Doings of Reality Newer Theory The Future Conclusion Books on the Period APPENDICES One: Film Festivals Two: Academy Award Winning Documentaries Three: INDEX
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Documentary films -- History and criticism.