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The Documentary Film Movement : An Anthology / Ian Aitken.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1998Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780748609482
  • 9780748672974
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ1090 .F43 2008
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 JOHN GRIERSON (1898-1972) -- Chapter 3 PAUL ROTHA (1907-84) -- Chapter 4 ALBERTO CAVALCANTI (1897-1982) -- Chapter 5 HUMPHREY JENNINGS (1907-50) -- Chapter 6 BASIL WRIGHT (1907-87) -- WORKS CITED -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary: This book is the first to bring together the most important material by and on the documentary film movement which has laid the foundations of British national film culture. It includes generous selections from the work of John Grierson as well as writings by Paul Rotha, Humphrey Jennings, Alberto Cavalcanti and Basil Wright. Each section is accompanied by short commentaries. A full introduction examines the historical development of the documentary film movement between 1927 and 1950, the types of films made by the movement, its relationship to other British film genres and to contemporary debates on British national cinema. An accessible, comprehensive and illuminating source book for courses on Documentary Film and the History of British Cinema.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 JOHN GRIERSON (1898-1972) -- Chapter 3 PAUL ROTHA (1907-84) -- Chapter 4 ALBERTO CAVALCANTI (1897-1982) -- Chapter 5 HUMPHREY JENNINGS (1907-50) -- Chapter 6 BASIL WRIGHT (1907-87) -- WORKS CITED -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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This book is the first to bring together the most important material by and on the documentary film movement which has laid the foundations of British national film culture. It includes generous selections from the work of John Grierson as well as writings by Paul Rotha, Humphrey Jennings, Alberto Cavalcanti and Basil Wright. Each section is accompanied by short commentaries. A full introduction examines the historical development of the documentary film movement between 1927 and 1950, the types of films made by the movement, its relationship to other British film genres and to contemporary debates on British national cinema. An accessible, comprehensive and illuminating source book for courses on Documentary Film and the History of British Cinema.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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