Week 4★May 15th RETHINKING DOCUMENTARY CINEMA I: BUT WHAT IS DOCUMENTARY ANYWAY?

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Required Reading
Nichols, Bill. 2010. “How Can We Define Documentary Film”, Introduction to Documentary (second edition), Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press: 1-41

Film for Discussion (possibly discussed in class)
1. Nanook of the North, Dir. Robert Flaherty, 1922 etc. [YouTube link HERE]
2. the City, Dir. Ralph Steiner & Willard Van Dyke, 1939 [YouTube link HERE]
3. if possible, another documentary(-ies) mentioned in the introduction.

 Reference Reading:
Winston, Brain. “Introduction: the Documentary Film”, The Documentary Film Book, eds. Brain Winston, BFI & palgrave macmillian, 2013, p1-29 [Hello ppl, I cannot find this book at the moment and cannot make a scan for all, am awfully sorry. Will cite some of his ideas though]

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