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    John Grierson

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    Moana (el segundo film de Flaherty)‚ estableció la denominación que‚ con mayor o menor seguridad‚ mantenemos hasta el día de hoy: cine documental. El escocés fue quien además realizó el primer film documental británico propiamente dicho. Hizo Drifters en 1929 y ese único film que dirigió le bastó para ser el nombre asociado al Movimiento Documental Británico In 1929 John Grierson made Drifters. Following its success‚ Grierson went on to establish the ’British documentary film movement’ at the

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    This essay will explain how Go Back To Where You Came From 2 is not a documentary nor reality T.V show. By considering the features of both documentaries and reality T.V. programmes’ it will show how these episodes have elements of the two to make the series. A documentary film seeks to tell the ‘truth’. The documentary persuades the viewer that what they are telling them is just the directors’ beliefs and trying to get people to think in the way that themselves already think. They usually include

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    Frederick Wiseman

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    Wiseman (born January 1‚ 1930 in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ U.S.) is an American filmmaker‚ documentarian‚ and theatrical director.[1] He came to documentary filmmaking after first being trained as a lawyer. He has won numerous film awards‚ as well as Guggenheim and MacArthur fellowships.[2][3] In 2003‚ Wiseman was awarded the Dan David Prize for his outstanding films‚ which make us reckon with our emotions and the cost to society of marginalizing those who cannot speak for themselves. In 2006‚ Wiseman received

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    and because of his type of activity and protest is popular in media and public. Banksy’s first film was showed in the Sundance Film Festival 2010 for the first time. The film was released in the England in March 2010 And in January 2011 was nominated for the Academy Award for the Best Documentary film. The film is composed of two parts. One part is an interview with Banksy and the other part is the films that Thierry Guetta has recorded with his camera. Terry is a Frenchman who lived in Los Angeles

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    Documentary Film and the Power of Interrogation: "American Dream" &"Roger and Me" Author(s): Miles Orvell Reviewed work(s): Source: Film Quarterly‚ Vol. 48‚ No. 2 (Winter‚ 1994-1995)‚ pp. 10-18 Published by: University of California Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1213092 . Accessed: 09/12/2012 08:12 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit

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    for Columbine is a deceiving‚ manipulative‚ over exaggerated film. Even though it fits the definition of a documentary by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‚ it doesn’t deserve an Oscar Award for stretching out the truth so far. Michael Moore shows his trustworthiness through his films with the way he dresses like the everyday American. His baseball cap‚ casual t-shirt and jeans make us believe he’s just like us. In his film‚ he does go out to Buell Elementary in Michigan to speak with

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    Adela Peeva’s award winning documentary‚ “Whose is this song” tells the narrative of a simple melody that has ambiguous origins. Peeva’s investigation of the song’s roots takes her on a journey to Greece‚ Albania‚ Bosnia‚ Serbia‚ Macedonia and Bulgaria. Through her odyssey‚ it becomes evident how a seemingly “simple” song can highlight the factors that unites and divides the Balkan region. Due to the uncertainty of who claims the song‚ it presents a challenging topic to unpack because there are many

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    books and websites on the internet and copies of different theses. Documentary films a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another‚ to “document” reality. Although “documentary film” originally referred to movies shot on film stock‚ it has subsequently expanded to include video and digital productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a television series. Documentary‚ works to identify a “filmmaking practice‚ a cinematic tradition‚ and

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    Robert Flaherty Analysis

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    considered to be the origin of documentary film‚ capturing life as it is. Usually the photos were taken of people and places documenting it. What is unique about Robert Flaherty’s footage of Nanook inside his igloo? What Robert Flaherty did that was unique was he set up ice stacked to look like they were in an igloo‚ but in reality they were not. This gave him enough light to get the footage for the scene. A documentary documents an event but what else does it convey? A documentary documents an event but

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    value Being one of the first feature length documentaries‚ it is obvious that Robert Flaherty’s Nanook of the North’s (1922) emergence served as a great model for all documentaries to come. The way it was structured from beginning to end was all part of the fantastic feel that Flaherty had in store for the world. His obsession with the primitive state and man’s fight for survival against nature’s resilient obstacles is precisely well represented in this film. Flaherty introduces us to a family of five

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