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New Essay: “The Rhetoric of the New Political Documentary” This latest book review from Betsy, is of The Rhetoric of the New Political Documentary, a collection of eight essays analyzing the rhetoric of “political documentaries.” In other news, Betsy is teaching an online course at National University titled "Producing Documentaries." UPDATE (9/9):Here is the link for the Master of Fine Arts in Digital Cinema (MFA-DC) degree program which provides information on online courses at National University. Posted 26 Aug 08 New Essay: “Now We Are Seven: Parsing ‘The Up Series’” ![]() Another book review from Betsy, this time of Seven Up, Stella Bruzzi’s book-length analysis of Michael Apted’s landmark British television documentary, The Up Series. Posted 11 Jul 08 Photos from the John Huston Lecture on Documentary Film Check out the photos from the John Huston Lecture on Documentary Film at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that took place on April 15. At the event John Huston’s World War II documentary classics “San Pietro” (aka The Battle of San Pietro) and “Let There Be Light” (1946) were screened, and Betsy moderated a panel discussion aftewards. ![]() ![]() Posted 25 Jun 08 Site updates A few updates to the site:
New Book Review We’ve added a new book review of A New History of Documentary Film by L. Clare Bratten in the Journal of Film and Video, edited by Stephen Tropiano. Read a copy of the review in Reviews. A link to the Jihlava International Documentary Festival, Jihlava, Czech Repulic, added to the Links page. |
ISBN: 0-826-41751-5 Available pretty much everywhere. Amazon Learn more about A New History of Documentary Film by Jack C. Ellis and Betsy A. McLane. Academics! Interested in reviewing a copy of A New History of Documentary Film? Find out how. Upcoming Events Online course: “Producing Documentaries” 2008 Middle East International Film Festival
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