Documentary movies & films books

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Documentary's Awkward Turn: Cringe Comedy and Media Spectatorship

Documentary's Awkward Turn: Cringe Comedy and Media...

Author: Jason Middleton
ISBN: 9781138645554
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book examines disrupted encounters in documentary film and media: encounters between social actors on screen,...  Read More >>

The Extinct Scene: Late Modernism and Everyday Life

The Extinct Scene: Late Modernism and Everyday Life...

Author: Thomas Davis (The Ohio State University)
ISBN: 9780231169424
Format: Hardback
$107.95

Examines late modernism’s decisive turn toward everyday life, locating in the heightened scrutiny of details, textures,...  Read More >>

A Fly in the Curry: Independent Documentary Film in India

A Fly in the Curry: Independent Documentary Film in...

Author: K.P. Jayasankar ,  Anjali Monteiro
ISBN: 9789351505693
Format: Hardback
$145.17

An engaging read on independent documentary filmmaking in India   Read More >>

Contemporary Documentary

Contemporary Documentary

Author: Daniel Marcus (Goucher College, USA) ,  Selmin Kara (OCAD University, Canada)
ISBN: 9781138849549
Format: Paperback
$77.99

Contemporary Documentary offers a rich survey of the rapidly expanding landscape of documentary film, television,...  Read More >>

Contemporary Documentary

Contemporary Documentary

Author: Daniel Marcus (Goucher College, USA) ,  Selmin Kara (OCAD University, Canada)
ISBN: 9781138849525
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Contemporary Documentary offers a rich survey of the rapidly expanding landscape of documentary film, television,...  Read More >>

Adventures in the Lives of Others: Ethical Dilemmas in Factual Filmmaking

Adventures in the Lives of Others: Ethical Dilemmas...

Author: James Quinn
ISBN: 9781784533946
Format: Paperback
$52.99

Putting readers into the shoes of film and TV professionals, Adventures in the Lives of Others is a gripping insider's...  Read More >>

The Shape of Spectatorship: Art, Science, and Early Cinema in Germany

The Shape of Spectatorship: Art, Science, and Early...

Author: Scott Curtis
ISBN: 9780231134033
Format: Paperback
$61.95

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The Shape of Spectatorship: Art, Science, and Early Cinema in Germany

The Shape of Spectatorship: Art, Science, and Early...

Author: Scott Curtis
ISBN: 9780231134026
Format: Hardback
$198.95

Draws our eye to the role of scientific, medical, educational, and aesthetic observation in shaping modern conceptions...  Read More >>

Conservation Film-Making: How to Make Films That Make a Difference

Conservation Film-Making: How to Make Films That Make...

Author: Madelaine Westwood ,  Piers Warren
ISBN: 9781905843107
Format: Paperback
$33.51

Never has the time been more critical for film-making to help make a difference to the natural world. This book...  Read More >>

Documentary, World History, and National Power in the PRC: Global Rise in Chinese Eyes

Documentary, World History, and National Power in the...

Author: Gotelind Mueller
ISBN: 9781138120662
Format: Paperback
$114.00

Documentaries have recently become a favourite format for Chinese state-directed media to present an officially...  Read More >>

The Spike Lee Brand: A Study of Documentary Filmmaking

The Spike Lee Brand: A Study of Documentary Filmmaking...

Author: Delphine Letort ,  Mark A. Reid
ISBN: 9781438457635
Format: Hardback
$211.20

A rare look at Spike Lee’s creative appropriation of the documentary film genre.  Read More >>

African Appropriations: Cultural Difference, Mimesis, and Media

African Appropriations: Cultural Difference, Mimesis,...

Author: Matthias Krings
ISBN: 9780253016294
Format: Paperback
$56.95

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African Appropriations: Cultural Difference, Mimesis, and Media

African Appropriations: Cultural Difference, Mimesis,...

Author: Matthias Krings
ISBN: 9780253016256
Format: Hardback
$151.95

"Krings argues that there is no longer an ""originalor ""faithful copy, but only endless transformations that thrive...  Read More >>

Post-1990 Documentary: Reconfiguring Independence

Post-1990 Documentary: Reconfiguring Independence

Author: Camille Deprez ,  Judith Pernin
ISBN: 9780748694136
Format: Hardback
$232.88

This new book provides graduate students, scholars and professionals with critical and detailed insights into recent,...  Read More >>

Contemporary Japanese Cinema Since Hana-Bi

Contemporary Japanese Cinema Since Hana-Bi

Author: Adam Bingham
ISBN: 9780748683734
Format: Hardback
$232.88

This book studies the key genres in contemporary Japanese cinema through analysis of their key representative films....  Read More >>

Hong Kong Documentary Film

Hong Kong Documentary Film

Author: Ian Aitken ,  Michael Ingham
ISBN: 9781474405591
Format: Paperback
$75.01

Offers a comprehensive study of the lost genre of Hong Kong documentary film. This book introduces students and...  Read More >>

Independent Chinese Documentary: Alternative Visions, Alternative Publics

Independent Chinese Documentary: Alternative Visions,...

Author: Dan Edwards
ISBN: 9780748695621
Format: Hardback
$232.88

Analyses how independent documentaries are forging a new public sphere in today's China. This book offers a detailed...  Read More >>

Rethinking African Cultural Production

Rethinking African Cultural Production

Author: Kenneth W. Harrow ,  Frieda Ekotto
ISBN: 9780253016003
Format: Paperback
$56.95

"Frieda Ekotto, Kenneth W. Harrow, and an international group of scholars set forth new understandings of the conditions...  Read More >>

Rethinking African Cultural Production

Rethinking African Cultural Production

Author: Kenneth W. Harrow ,  Frieda Ekotto
ISBN: 9780253015976
Format: Hardback
$161.95

"Frieda Ekotto, Kenneth W. Harrow, and an international group of scholars set forth new understandings of the conditions...  Read More >>

Hitchcock Annual: Volume 19

Hitchcock Annual: Volume 19

Author: Sidney Gottlieb (Co-Editor, Hitchcock Annual) ,  Richard Allen
ISBN: 9780231171656
Format: Paperback
$42.95

Hitchcock Annual: Volume 19 is forthcoming in the fall of 2014. It will include articles on Hitchcock's silent film...  Read More >>

Documentary Films in India: Critical Aesthetics at Work

Documentary Films in India: Critical Aesthetics at Work...

Author: Aparna Sharma
ISBN: 9781137395436
Format: Hardback
$181.95

This book introduces the diverse practices of three non-canonical practitioners: David MacDougall, Desire Machine...  Read More >>

Documenting Cityscapes: Urban Change in Contemporary Non-Fiction Film

Documenting Cityscapes: Urban Change in Contemporary...

Author: Iván Villarmea Álvarez
ISBN: 9780231174534
Format: Paperback
$44.95

Explores the way the city has been depicted by nonfiction filmmakers since the late 1970s  Read More >>

Installation and the Moving Image

Installation and the Moving Image

Author: Catherine Elwes
ISBN: 9780231174510
Format: Paperback
$44.95

Traces the lineage of moving-image installation through architecture, painting, sculpture, performance, expanded...  Read More >>

Documents of Utopia: The Politics of Experimental Documentary

Documents of Utopia: The Politics of Experimental Documentary...

Author: Paolo Magagnoli
ISBN: 9780231172714
Format: Paperback
$44.95

This timely volume discusses the experimental documentary projects of some of the most significant artists working...  Read More >>

Documenting Cityscapes: Urban Change in Contemporary Non-Fiction Film

Documenting Cityscapes: Urban Change in Contemporary...

Author: Iván Villarmea Álvarez
ISBN: 9780231174527
Format: Hardback
$157.95

Explores the way the city has been depicted by nonfiction filmmakers since the late 1970s  Read More >>

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