Documentary film : a very short introduction /

Aufderheide, Patricia

Documentary film : a very short introduction / Patricia Aufderheide. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007 - xi, 158 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions . - Very short introductions .

Includes bibliographical references and index

Beginning with an overview of the central issues of documentary filmmaking - its definitions and purposes, its forms and founders - Aufderheide focuses on several of its key subgenres, including public affairs films, government propaganda, historical documentaries, and nature films.

9780195182705 9780195182705 £7.99

2007018114


Documentary films--History and criticism
Media Studies.
Film history, theory & criticism
Media studies
Media, entertainment, information & communication industries