NEW CHALLENGES FOR DOCUMENTARY
ALAN ROSENTHAL & JOHN CORNER
The first edition of New challenges for documentary provided a major stimulus for teaching about documentary film and television and fresh encouragement for critical thinking about practice. This second edition brings together many new contributions, both from academics and filmmakers, reflecting shifts both in documentary production itself, and in ways of discussing it.
Once again, the emphasis has been on clear and provocative writing, sympathetic to the practical challenges of documentary filmmaking but making connections with a range of work in media and communications analysis.
With its wide range of contributors and the international scope of its agenda, New challenges for documentary will be essential reading for general filmmakers and documentary students both of academic and practical inclinations.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part One: Theories and forms: Documentary as genre
Part Two: The inside view: Producers and directors
Part Three: Issues of ethics and aesthetics
Part Four: Changing contexts in television
Part Five: Versions of history
Part Six: Docudrama: Border disputes
Alan Rosenthal is Professor of Communications at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a documentary filmmaker. John Corner is Professor in the School of Politics and Communication Studies at the University of Liverpool
The first edition of New challenges for documentary provided a major stimulus for teaching about documentary film and television and fresh encouragement for critical thinking about practice. This second edition brings together many new contributions, both from academics and filmmakers, reflecting shifts both in documentary production itself, and in ways of discussing it. Once again, the emphasis has been on clear and provocative writing, sympathetic to the practical challenges of documentary filmmaking but making connections with a range of work in media and communications analysis. With its wide range of contributors and the international scope of its agenda, New challenges for documentary will be essential reading for general filmmakers and documentary students both of academic and practical inclinations.
