Documenting Ourselves-Pa

by Sharon R. Sherman

Book Overview

" What happens when we turn the camera on ourselves? This question has long plagued documentary filmmakers concerned with issues of reflexivity, subject participation, and self-consciousness. Documenting Ourselves includes interviews with filmmakers Les Blank, Pat Ferrero, Jorge Preloran, Bill Ferris, and others, who discuss the ways their own productions and subjects have influenced them. Sharon Sherman examines the history of documentary filsm and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813109345
• ISBN13: 9780813109343
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher