F is for phony
Subtitle: fake documentary and truth's undoing
By: Alexandra Juhasz and Jesse Lerner, editors
Contributors: Juhasz, Alexandra; Lerner, Jesse
Series: Visible evidence -- v. 17
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Documentary-style films -- History and criticism
Description: Fake documentaries mimic documentary genre expectations, unraveling the documentary's authority and dismantling understandings of identity, history, and nation. The interdisciplinary essays in F Is for Phony discuss a broad scope of works and explore issues raised by "fake docs" such as the fiction/documentary divide, the ethics of reality-based manipulation, and whether documentariness derives from form or reception. Defining the borderline between fact and fiction, the contributors reveal what fake documentaries imply and usually make explicit: that many documentaries lie to tell the truth, and that the truth is relative.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index

Includes filmography: p. 241-243