100 DOCUMENTARY FILMS

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Barry Keith Grant is Professor of Film Studies and Popular Culture at Brock University Canada. He is author of Film Genre (2007) and Voyages of Discovery (1992) and coauthor of The Film Studies Dictionary (2001) and 100 Documentary Films (2009).JIM HILLIER who died in 2014 was Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Film and Television Studies at the University of Reading UK. He was a pioneer of film education in the UK. His publications include as coauthor 100 Documentary Films and 100 Film Noirsin the BFI Screen Guides series (2008):American Independent Cinema (2001) The Film Studies Dictionary (2000) and Howard Hawks: American Artist (1996).New volume in successful BFI Screen Guides seriesIncludes entries on critical and commercial hits such as Bowling for Columbine and March of the PenguinsFirst portable reference guide to key documentary filmsWell illustrated with images from the films discussedBARRY KEITH GRANTis Professor of Film Studies and Popular Culture at Brock University Ontario Canada. He is the author of Film Genre: From Iconography to Ideology (2007) Voyages of Discovery: The Cinema of Frederick Wiseman (1992) and coauthor with Steve Blandford and Jim Hillier of The Film Studies Dictionary (2001). JIM HILLIERis Visiting Lecturer in Film at the University of Reading. He is the author of The New Hollywood (1993) the coauthor of The Film Studies Dictionary (2001) and with Alan Lovell of Studies in Documentary (1972). His edited books include American Independent Cinema (2001) and two volumes of selected criticism from Cahiers du cinema (1985 1986).Documentary films constitute a major part of film history. Cinemas origins lie arguably more in nonfiction than fiction and documentary represents the other often submerged and barely visible half of cinema history. Historically documentary cinema has always been an important point of reference for fiction cinema and the two have often overlapped. Over the last two decades documentary cinema has enjoyed a revival in critical and commercial success.100 Documentary Filmsis the first book to offerconciseand authoritative individual critical commentaries on some of the key documentary films from the LumiĘre brothers and the beginnings ofcinema through to recent films such as Bowling for Columbine and When the Levees Broke and is global in perspective.Many different types of documentaryare discussed as well as films by major documentary directorsincluding Robert Flaherty Humphrey JenningsJean Rouch Dziga Vertov Errol Morris Nick Broomfieldand Michael Moore.Each entry provides concise critical analysis while frequent cross reference to other filmsfeatured helps to place films in their historical and aesthetic contexts.Barry Keith Grant is Professor of Film Studies and Popular Culture at Brock University Ontario Canada.Heis the author ofFilm Genre: From Iconography to Ideology (2007) Voyages

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