Truth is stranger than fiction.
Through a steady diet of film viewing, critical readings, research and writing, participants in this class will gain a better appreciation for documentary feature film, the commercially unappreciated yet emotionally powerful sibling of Hollywood film. In the course we will study many forms of feature film documentary. The critical methods learned and applied in the course will include narrative, genre, and visual. Formal elements of the medium including story construction, authorship, and visual composition will be considered.