Course Name: Documentary
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SLN: 12642
Meeting Time: W 12:30pm - 3:20pm
Term: Autumn 2018
A survey of the genre and the various forms it has taken, globally and historically. Materials to be discussed may include (but are not restricted to): actualities, travelogues, nature films, long-term studies, animated documentaries, autobiographical films, mockumentaries, 3-D, and database films as well as authored works by John Akomfrah, Robert Flaherty, Patricio Guzmán, Werner Herzog, Joris Ivens, Kazuo Hara, Abbas Kiarostami, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Agnès Varda, Dziga Vertov, and Zhao Liang, among others. While the course is organized as a survey, discussions and assignments will concentrate on developing strategies of formal analysis as well as on framing new research questions.