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• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• 1 Some Ways to Think About Documentary
• Description
• Definition
• Intellectual Contexts
• Pre-Documentary Origins
• Books on Documentary Theory and General Histories of Documentary
• 2 The Work of Robert and Frances Flaherty
• The Flaherty Way
• The Flaherty Legacy
• Chapter Related Films
• Chapter Related Books
• 3 The Soviets and Political Indoctrination, 1922–1929
• Reportage/Newsreel
• Compilation
• Epic
• Fiction and Documentary
• The Fiction Films
• Chapter Related Films
• Chapter Related Books
• 4 The European Avant-Garde Experimentation, 1922–1929
• Aesthetic Predispositions
• Avant-Garde and Documentary
• Three City Symphonies
• Changes in the Avant-Garde
• Chapter Related Films
• Chapter Related Books
• 5 Institutionalization: Great Britain, 1929–1939
• Background and Underpinnings
• The System
• The Films
• Grierson and Flaherty
• Grierson’s Contribution
• Chapter Related Films
• Chapter Related Books
• 6 Institutionalization USA, 1930–1941
• The March of Time
• Government Documentaries
• Non-Government Documentaries
• Conclusions
• Dénouement
• An Aside to Conclude
• Chapter Related Films
• Chapter Related Books
• 7 WWII
• Part A: Great Britain
• Early Days
• Indoctrination
• Social Documentary
• Records of Battle
• Part B: Canada
• Founding of National Film Board
• Theatrical Series
• Nontheatrical Films
• Summary
• Part C: United States
• Training
• Indoctrination – Why We Fight
• Records of Battle
• Social Documentary
• Comparisons: Great Britain, Canada, United States
• Chapter Related Films
• Chapter Related Books
• 8 Post-war Documentary, 1945–1961
• Personnel and Leadership
• Sponsorship
• USIA Films
• Canada
• Subjects
• Internationalism
• Approaches and Techniques
• Observations
• Chapter Related Films
• Chapter Related Books
• 9 Documentary for Television, The ‘Golden Years,’ 1951–1971
• Historical Background
• Documentary Series
• Special Characteristics of Television Documentary
• Chapter Related Films
• Chapter Related Books
• 10 British Free Cinema and New American Cinema, 1953–1960
• Critical Background
• Free Cinema Films
• The United States
• Chapter Related Films
• Chapter Related Books
• 11 Cinéma vérité, direct cinema, 1958–1970
• Historical Background
• New Technology and First CV/Direct
• Direct cinema vs. cinéma vérité
• Effects on Documentary Subjects and Styles
• Frederick Wiseman
• Conclusion
• Chapter Related Films
• Chapter Related Books
• 12 The 1970s: Power to the People
• Some Established Filmmakers
• New Directions in CV/Direct
• Political Emphases and Vietnam
• Newsreel Collectives
• Feminist Resurgence
• Challenge for Change
• Public Access Television
• Other Emerging Organization
• Chapter Related Films
• Chapter Related Books
• 13 Video Arrives
• Cable and Satellite Technology
• Personal Essay Film
• Compilation
• Strictly Political
• Social and Ethnic Minorities
• Representing Gay and Lesbian Culture
• Chapter Related Films
• Chapter Related Books
• 14 Reality Bytes
• Business and Technology: The Bad and The Good
• American Public Television
• Archival Documentary
• The Ken Burns Phenomenon
• Canada Soldiers On
• Developments in the UK
• American Independents
• Chapter Related Films
• Chapter Related Books
• 15 Documentary Tradition in the Twenty-First Century
• Werner Herzog
• Steve James, Alex Gibney, Davis Guggenheim
• Erroll Morris, Sinofsky & Berlinger, Stanley Nelson
• Women Documentarians
• Experimental Documentary
• Theatres and Festivals
• Chapter Related Films
• Chapter Related Books
• 16 Now and When
• Aesthetics and Content
• Finance
• Documentary Un-reality
• Peter Watkins
• Intimate Doings of Reality
• Academic Approaches
• Emergent Technologies
• Social Media
• Commitment to History
• Conclusion
• Chapter Related Films
• Chapter Related Books
• Appendix One Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature
• Appendix Two The National Film Registry
• Index