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Facing Reality: A History of Documentary Cinema
| Course Number: | LIT 290 |
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| Title: | Facing Reality: A History of Documentary Cinema |
| Day & Time 1: | MW 07:00PM 10:00PM |
| Instructor I: | MacDonald S |
| Credit: | 1.00 |
| Course Description: | The history of cinema as representation and interpretation of "reality," focusing on nonfiction film and video from a variety of periods and geographic locales. Emphasis on the ways in which nonfiction films can subvert viewers'' conventional expectations and their personal security. Forms to be discussed include the city symphony, ethnographic documentary, propaganda, nature film, direct cinema, cinéma vérité, the compilation film and personal documentary. |
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