Documentary Dilemmas

Documentary Dilemmas
Author: Carolyn Anderson
Publisher: SIU Press
Total Pages: 246
Release: 1991-04-25
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 080938292X

A case history of the only American film under court-imposed restrictions for reasons other than obscenity or national security. Titicut Follies is an excoriating depiction of conditions in the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Bridgewater, a prison-hospital for the criminally insane. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts took Wiseman to court, seeking to prevent the exhibition of Titicut Follies soon after its release in 1967. This account of the Titicut Follies case is based on ten years of research and relies on interviews, journalistic accounts, and especially on the legal record, including the Commonwealth v. Wiseman transcript, to describe the entire process of independent documentary filmmaking. The trials of Titicut Follies raise crucial questions about the relation of social documentary to its subjects and audiences.

Issues in Contemporary Documentary

Issues in Contemporary Documentary
Author: Jane Chapman
Publisher: Polity
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2009-08-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0745640109

Jane Chapman brings to life the challenges of contemporary documentary by balancing theoretical discussion with use of cutting-edge material from Europe and North America and the developing world.

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

Adventures in the Lives of Others: Ethical Dilemmas in Factual Filmmaking
Author: James Quinn
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2015-09-21
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0857726528

Putting readers into the shoes of film and TV professionals, Adventures in the Lives of Others is a gripping insider's account of ethics, problem-solving and decision-making at the cutting edge of documentaries and factual television.Both accessible and authoritative, the book brings together a range of intimate, candid accounts of the struggles involved in making documentary film and television, from Grey Gardens and Hoop Dreams to Man on Wire, Super Size Me and Benefits Street. Contributors include legends of the documentary world, eminent filmmakers at the top of their game, emerging directors and producers, and some of the world's most powerful and respected executives. In specially-commissioned pieces, they explore the ethical dilemmas involved in uncovering secrets and breaking taboos, accessing closed and dangerous worlds, fighting injustice, filming raw sex and violence, documenting acts of evil, and the many challenges of turning real life into compelling entertainment.

CNN's Cold War Documentary

CNN's Cold War Documentary
Author: Arnold Beichman
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press Publi
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

A collection of essays in which various scholars debate the pros and cons of the twenty-four part television series on the Cold War produced by CNN.

The Omnivore's Dilemma

The Omnivore's Dilemma
Author: Michael Pollan
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2007-08-28
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0143038583

"Outstanding . . . a wide-ranging invitation to think through the moral ramifications of our eating habits." —The New Yorker One of the New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of the Year and Winner of the James Beard Award Author of This is Your Mind on Plants, How to Change Your Mind and the #1 New York Times Bestseller In Defense of Food and Food Rules What should we have for dinner? Ten years ago, Michael Pollan confronted us with this seemingly simple question and, with The Omnivore’s Dilemma, his brilliant and eye-opening exploration of our food choices, demonstrated that how we answer it today may determine not only our health but our survival as a species. In the years since, Pollan’s revolutionary examination has changed the way Americans think about food. Bringing wide attention to the little-known but vitally important dimensions of food and agriculture in America, Pollan launched a national conversation about what we eat and the profound consequences that even the simplest everyday food choices have on both ourselves and the natural world. Ten years later, The Omnivore’s Dilemma continues to transform the way Americans think about the politics, perils, and pleasures of eating.

Introduction to Documentary, Second Edition

Introduction to Documentary, Second Edition
Author: Bill Nichols
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2010-12-07
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 025300487X

This new edition of Bill Nichols’s bestselling text provides an up-to-date introduction to the most important issues in documentary history and criticism. Designed for students in any field that makes use of visual evidence and persuasive strategies, Introduction to Documentary identifies the distinguishing qualities of documentary and teaches the viewer how to read documentary film. Each chapter takes up a discrete question, from "How did documentary filmmaking get started?" to "Why are ethical issues central to documentary filmmaking?" Carefully revised to take account of new work and trends, this volume includes information on more than 100 documentaries released since the first edition, an expanded treatment of the six documentary modes, new still images, and a greatly expanded list of distributors.

Reality Fictions

Reality Fictions
Author: Thomas W. Benson
Publisher: SIU Press
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2002
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780809324385

Rather than write briefly about each of the many documentary films Wiseman has made over the past 20 years, Benson (rhetoric and communication arts and sciences, Pennsylvania State U.) and Anderson (communication, U. of Massachusetts-Amherst) choose a few representative examples. They interpret the films, look at the rhetorical structures, and explore the people and processes. The first edition was published in 1989. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Photography

Photography
Author: Liz Wells
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780415307031

This seminal text for photography students identifies key debates in photographic theory, stimulates discussion and evaluation of the critical use of photographic images and ways of seeing. This new edition retains the thematic structure and text features of its predecessors but also expands coverage on photojournalism, digital imaging techniques, race and colonialism. The content is updated with additional international and contemporary examples and images throughout and the inclusion of colour photos. Features of this new edition include: *Key concepts and short biographies of major thinkers *Updated international and contemporary case studies and examples *A full glossary of terms, a comprehensive bibliography *Resource information, including guides to public archives and useful websites

The Documentary Film Book

The Documentary Film Book
Author: Brian Winston
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2019-07-25
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1838718753

Powerfully posing questions of ethics, ideology, authorship and form, documentary film has never been more popular than it is today. Edited by one of the leading British authorities in the field, The Documentary Film Book is an essential guide to current thinking on documentary film. In a series of fascinating essays, key international experts discuss the theory of documentary, outline current understandings of its history (from pre-Flaherty to the post-Griersonian world of digital 'i-Docs'), survey documentary production (from Africa to Europe, and from the Americas to Asia), consider documentaries by marginalised minority communities, and assess its contribution to other disciplines and arts. Brought together here in one volume, these scholars offer compelling evidence as to why, over the last few decades, documentary has come to the centre of screen studies.

Managerial Dilemmas

Managerial Dilemmas
Author: Gary J. Miller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1992
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521457699

Managerial Dilemmas extends the use of analytical techniques from organisational economics to the spheres of organisational culture and leadership in politics and business.