'show Us Life': Towards a History and Aesthetics of the Committed Documentary

by Thomas Waugh

Book Overview

This anthology of 25 articles is both historical and cross- cultural, covering the pioneering period of the twenties and thirties and the dynamic growth of committed documentary since the sixties; recent feminist initiatives in North America and Britain; committed documentary in the Third World over the last 25 years; the use of film within the American 'New Left;' and the particular problematic of radical film distribution. Contributors include such...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810822172
• ISBN13: 9780810822177
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.4"