Nonfiction film : a critical history
Covers the worldwide development of the non-fiction film, from the first factual films of 1895 to the cinema of the 1980s. This work discusses the important non-fiction film movements - the factual film, exploration film, war film, documentary film, compilation film, films of developing countries, and women's, lesbian, and gay liberation films.
Print Book, English, ©1992
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Indiana University Press, Bloomington, ©1992
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xvi, 482 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780253311245, 9780253207067, 0253311241, 0253207061
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(1820-1933) Foundations of the Nonfiction Film
(1933-1939) Documentary Films to Change the World
(1939-1945) Nonfiction Films for World War II
(1945-1960) Nonfiction Films After World War II
European Asian and Canadian Nonfiction Film after World War II
(1960-1985) Continuing Traditions and New Directions
Afterword: One Hundred Years of Nonfiction Film
Legacy of the 1980s
Developing Technologies
Financing and Distribution
Film Theory and Criticism