num_pages: 400
description: A thorough and definitive survey/history of documentary films. Concentrating mainly on the output of the US, the UK, and Canada, the authors outline the origins of the form and then show its development over the next several decades. The book is completely up-to-date in discussing films like Fahrenheit 9/11 and Life and Death of a Serial Killer.Written in a simple, chronological format, the text is straightforward and full of content, information, and historical perspective. Each chapter concludes with a list of the key documentaries in that particular time period or genre, and there are helpful appendices listing all the winners of the Academy Award for Best Documentary, as well as the winners of the Grierson Award. &gt;
language: English
title: A New History of Documentary Film
titlecomplete: A New History of Documentary Film
genres: Nonfiction, Film
ratings_count: 101
publisher: Bloomsbury Academic