A Brief History of the Documentary
Subtitle: Essays by Ajit Duara, PK Nair, Arshia Sattar and Madhushree Dutta with a listing of documentary films ...
By: Open Space Resources
Contributors: Essays by Ajit Duara, PK Nair, Arshia Sattar and Madhushree Dutta
Edition: First
Publisher: Centre for Communication and Development Studies
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Pune, India
First sentence: Till the early-1990s, the documentary film in India had a serious image problem. It was considered a big bore. This was largely due to the government agency, Foms Division (FD), and its domination of documentary distribution throughout the country. It was compulsory to screen an FD documentary before the feature film in every single cinema hall.
Description: A useful, if brief, book about documentary film in India. Includes essays by Ajit Duara (The Indian documentary has arrived), PK Nair (A brief history of the documentary), Arshia Sattar (As women see it -- Indian documentary film and the women's movement), Madhusree Dutta (In defence of political documentary). Also a listing of documentary film resources available with the OpenSpace in Pune, and a list of documentary funding/commissioning organisations in India. Also a list of documentary film festivals in South Asia.
Table of contents: pagenum: 2
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title: Introduction; pagenum: 3
title: The Indian documentary has arrived (Ajit Duara)