Documentary movies & films books

799 books were found.

American Showman: "Samuel ""Roxy"" Rothafel and the Birth of the Entertainment Industry, 1908–1935"

American Showman: "Samuel ""Roxy"" Rothafel and the...

Author: Ross Melnick
ISBN: 9780231159050
Format: Paperback
$56.95

"Samuel ""Roxy"" Rothafel (1882–1936) built an influential and prolific career as film exhibitor, stage producer,...  Read More >>

The Cinema of Agnès Varda: Resistance and Eclecticism

The Cinema of Agnès Varda: Resistance and Eclecticism...

Author: Delphine Benezet
ISBN: 9780231169752
Format: Paperback
$44.95

Agnès Varda, a pioneer of the French New Wave, has been making radical films for over half a century. Many of these...  Read More >>

The Cinema of Agnès Varda: Resistance and Eclecticism

The Cinema of Agnès Varda: Resistance and Eclecticism...

Author: Delphine Benezet
ISBN: 9780231169745
Format: Hardback
$157.95

Agnès Varda, a pioneer of the French New Wave, has been making radical films for over half a century. Many of these...  Read More >>

The Danish Directors 3: Dialogues on the New Danish Documentary Cinema

The Danish Directors 3: Dialogues on the New Danish...

Author: Mette Hjort (University of Lincoln, UK) ,  Ib Bondebjerg (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
ISBN: 9781783200412
Format: Paperback
$46.95

Following the two previous volumes in this series of practitioner interviews with Danish directors, this title focuses...  Read More >>

Literature and Film in Cold War South Korea: Freedom's Frontier

Literature and Film in Cold War South Korea: Freedom's...

Author: Theodore Hughes (Assistant Professor of Korean Literature, Columbia University)
ISBN: 9780231157490
Format: Paperback
$52.95

Korean writers and filmmakers crossed literary and visual cultures in multilayered ways under Japanese colonial...  Read More >>

The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide: A Down & Dirty DV Production

The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide: A Down & Dirty...

Author: Anthony Q. Artis
ISBN: 9780240824154
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Beginning documentary filmmakers haven't had a resource until now  Read More >>

New Documentaries in Latin America

New Documentaries in Latin America

Author: Vinicius Navarro ,  Juan Carlos Rodríguez
ISBN: 9781349450787
Format: Paperback
$184.95

Examining the vast breadth and diversity of contemporary documentary production, while also situating nonfiction...  Read More >>

New Documentaries in Latin America

New Documentaries in Latin America

Author: Vinicius Navarro ,  Juan Carlos Rodríguez
ISBN: 9781137291332
Format: Hardback
$191.95

Examining the vast breadth and diversity of contemporary documentary production, while also situating nonfiction...  Read More >>

The Ultimate Stallone Reader: Sylvester Stallone as Star, Icon, Auteur

The Ultimate Stallone Reader: Sylvester Stallone as...

Author: Chris Holmlund
ISBN: 9780231169813
Format: Paperback
$46.95

Eleven original essays by internationally-known scholars examine Stallone’s contributions to mainstream cinema,...  Read More >>

The Ultimate Stallone Reader: Sylvester Stallone as Star, Icon, Auteur

The Ultimate Stallone Reader: Sylvester Stallone as...

Author: Chris Holmlund
ISBN: 9780231169806
Format: Hardback
$157.95

Eleven original essays by internationally-known scholars examine Stallone’s contributions to mainstream cinema,...  Read More >>

Indie 2.0: Change and Continuity in Contemporary American Indie Film

Indie 2.0: Change and Continuity in Contemporary American...

Author: Geoff King
ISBN: 9780231167956
Format: Paperback
$84.48

"Following the American indie cinema boom of the 1990s and the creation of ""specialty"" divisions by several Hollywood...  Read More >>

Indie 2.0: Change and Continuity in Contemporary American Indie Film

Indie 2.0: Change and Continuity in Contemporary American...

Author: Geoff King
ISBN: 9780231167949
Format: Hardback
$277.20

"Following the American indie cinema boom of the 1990s and the creation of ""specialty"" divisions by several Hollywood...  Read More >>

Video Revolutions: On the History of a Medium

Video Revolutions: On the History of a Medium

Author: Michael Z. Newman
ISBN: 9780231169516
Format: Paperback
$16.95

Since the days of early television, video has been an indispensable part of culture, society, and moving-image media...  Read More >>

Slow Movies: Countering the Cinema of Action

Slow Movies: Countering the Cinema of Action

Author: Ira Jaffe
ISBN: 9780231169790
Format: Paperback
$49.95

"""Slow Movies investigates movies by acclaimed directors who over the past three decades have challenged mainstream...  Read More >>

Slow Movies: Countering the Cinema of Action

Slow Movies: Countering the Cinema of Action

Author: Ira Jaffe
ISBN: 9780231169783
Format: Hardback
$173.95

"""Slow Movies investigates movies by acclaimed directors who over the past three decades have challenged mainstream...  Read More >>

The Sports Film: Games People Play

The Sports Film: Games People Play

Author: Bruce Babington
ISBN: 9780231169653
Format: Paperback
$34.95

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Wang Renmei: The Wildcat of Shanghai

Wang Renmei: The Wildcat of Shanghai

Author: Richard Meyer
ISBN: 9789888139965
Format: Paperback
$51.75

"Wang Renmei was on a fast track to become one of China's leading film stars in the 1930s. Her early films were...  Read More >>

The Heist Film: Stealing with Style

The Heist Film: Stealing with Style

Author: Daryl Lee
ISBN: 9780231169691
Format: Paperback
$34.95

A concise introduction to the genre about that one last big score, The Heist Film: Stealing With Style traces this...  Read More >>

New Documentary Ecologies: Emerging Platforms, Practices and Discourses

New Documentary Ecologies: Emerging Platforms, Practices...

Author: K. Nash ,  C. Hight
ISBN: 9781137310484
Format: Hardback
$177.95

Providing a unique collection of perspectives on the persistence of documentary as a vital and dynamic media form...  Read More >>

The Cinema of Alexander Sokurov: Figures of Paradox

The Cinema of Alexander Sokurov: Figures of Paradox...

Author: Jeremi Szaniawski
ISBN: 9780231167352
Format: Paperback
$42.95

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The Cinema of Alexander Sokurov: Figures of Paradox

The Cinema of Alexander Sokurov: Figures of Paradox...

Author: Jeremi Szaniawski
ISBN: 9780231167345
Format: Hardback
$140.95

Through contextualization and close readings of each of his feature fiction films, this volume unearths a vision...  Read More >>

"From ""Chariots of Fire"" to ""The King's Speech": Writing Biopics and Docudramas

"From ""Chariots of Fire"" to ""The King's Speech":...

Author: Alan Rosenthal
ISBN: 9780809332984
Format: Paperback
$97.68

Writer, director, and producer Alan Rosenthal presents a manual for screenwriters to develop their bio-pic or docudrama...  Read More >>

Sinophone Cinemas

Sinophone Cinemas

Author: A. Yue ,  O. Khoo
ISBN: 9781137311191
Format: Hardback
$155.95

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The Archive Project: The Realist Film Unit in Cold War Australia

The Archive Project: The Realist Film Unit in Cold War...

Author: John Hughes
ISBN: 9781742953281
Format: Paperback
$51.62

The illustrated story of the Realist Film Unit in cold war Australia. Filmmaker John Hughes explores a largely forgotten...  Read More >>

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