A new history of British documentary /

A New History of British Documentary looks at the subject afresh and offers the first comprehensive overview of documentary from early film to the present day. James Chapman argues that the privileging of Grierson and the documentary movement of the 1930s in most standard histories has eclipsed the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chapman, James, 1968- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Critical and Historical Perspectives on British Documentary
  • Documentary Before Grierson
  • Documentary in the 1930s
  • Documentary at War
  • Post-War Documentary
  • Television and Documentary
  • Alternative and Oppositional Documentary
  • Conclusion: British Documentary in Context.