Resources

The Social Documentary (Radio, Television, Film 345)

The Fair

Barnouw, Erik. (1993). "Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film, 2nd ed." New York: Oxford University Press.

Ellis, Jack C. (1989). "The Documentary Idea: A Critical History of English-language Documentary Film and Video." Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Nichols, Bill. (1991). "Representing Reality." Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press.

M. Renov (Ed.), Theorizing Documentary. New York: Routledge.

Barry Keith Grant and Jeannette Sloniowski (Eds.)., "Documenting the Documentary: Close Readings of Documentary Film and Video." Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press.

Readings:

Nichols, "How Do Documentaries Differ from Other Types of Film"
Nichols, "What Types of Documentary Are There"
Eitzen, "When Is a Documentary?: Documentary as a Mode of Reception"
Monaco, "The Language of Film: Signs and Syntax"