The Documentary Film Reader: History, Theory, Criticism

Bringing together an expansive range of writing by scholars, critics, historians, and filmmakers, The Documentary Film Reader presents an international perspective on the most significant developments and debates from several decades of critical writing about documentary. Each of the book's seven sections covers a distinct period in the history of documentary, collecting both contemporary and retrospective views of filmmaking in the era. And each section is prefaced by an introductory essay that explains its design and provides critical context. Painstakingly selected from the archives of more than a hundred years of cinema practice and theory, the essays, reviews, interviews, manifestos, and ephemera gathered in this volume suit the needs and interests of the beginning student, the advanced scholar, the casual reader, and the working documentarian.


Author: Jonathan Kahana
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 02/18/2016
Pages: 1056
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 3.95lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.00w x 1.90d
ISBN13: 9780199739653
ISBN10: 019973965X
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Film & Video

About the Author

Jonathan Kahana is Associate Professor of Film and Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of Intelligence Work: The Politics of American Documentary.

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