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Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film Erik Barnouw
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

It's supposed to be really good,” they would say. They've just sent out the open call for “women nonfiction filmmakers whose diverse voices and dynamic storytelling have the power to catalyze change, at home and around the globe.” Grants range . For many decades this was the extent of audio documentary — recording oral history and music, very much like the first films shot by Edison and the Lumière brothers — no edits or narration or stories, just a lot of amazing raw footage. Jun 7, 2013 - Chicken & Egg Pictures doled out $2.8 million in funding for women making documentaries over the past eight years, and they're closing in on the big 3M this year with their three grants and two film funds. Nov 18, 2005 - It also draws on analogy: documentary filmmakers should have the same kind of access to copyrighted materials that is enjoyed by cultural and historical critics who work in print media and by news broadcasters. Reading this and thinking of Mermaids: The Body Found's vague, blink-and-you'll-miss-it disclaimer that “certain events in this film are fictional,” I can only reflect on the damage Discovery's phenomenally successful hoaxes have done to their once trusted nonfiction brand—at least for me. Apr 6, 2009 - Downtown Durham, NC, played host once again to the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival on April 2-5, bringing four days packed with non-fiction programming to an enthusiastic audience of locals and visiting filmmakers and industry. The free-market is the greatest anti-discrimination tool in history. Everybody not only has a story, everybody is a story. 6 days ago - With its horror movie trappings, it makes a sensationalist hash out of a genuine historical mystery—the tragic deaths of nine hikers in the Ural mountains in February of 1959. Sep 24, 2013 - Flaherty was notoriously fluffy, Barnouw even noting in A History of the Non-fiction Film that Flaherty was negligent of the social climate when documenting the Aran Isles, in favor of depicting his method. Mar 4, 2014 - Our object or goal is to look at different forms of non-fiction stories, the underlying assumption being there's more than one way to tell the truth, also with the understanding that truth telling is something we do by nature. Mar 19, 2014 - A few years ago, while watching an interview with James Marsh (Man on Wire), my ears perked up when the interviewer inquired about the difference in making fictional vs documentary film, to which Marsh responded “Quite honestly, I don't make a distinction between fiction and nonfiction; a film is a film. I was very mindful of the entire canvas of cinema.” I was struck by We all have a history of some kind. Jan 9, 2012 - “Oh, it's a new documentary.