100 Documentary Films

100 Documentaries provides concise and authoritative entries on one hundredkey nonfiction films from the Lumiere brothers and the beginnings of filmhistory to t... » 

100 Documentaries provides concise and authoritative entries on one hundredkey nonfiction films from the Lumiere brothers and the beginnings of filmhistory to the present day including recent films such as Bowling forColumbine and March of the Penguins. In addition to the introduction to thevolume which outlines the history key periods and major debates indocumentary cinema each entry provides concise analysis critical judgment andreference to key images and scenes and crossreferences to other filmsdiscussed help to place films in their historical and aesthetic contexts. «