This book presents a chronology of thirty definitions attributed to the word, term, phrase, and concept of “documentary” between the years 1895 and 1959. Th

"In response to numerous assertions by filmmakers and scholars that documentary is past or beyond definition-as if it functioned as an aesthetic strait-jacket-D

The fourth edition of Bill Nichols's best-selling text, Introduction to Documentary, has been vastly altered in its entirety to bring this indispensable textboo

Hybrid Documentary and Beyond explores the theories, production techniques, ethics, and impact of hybrid documentaries. Often described as simply a blend of fac

"What issues, of both form and content, shape the documentary film? What role does visual evidence play in relation to a documentary's arguments about the world