CINE 221 - Documentary Forms

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 4 Hours
Attribute: 4 HU, WR

This course is canceled effective 10.22.2007.

This course examines and compares various traditions in documentary cinema by considering how each has framed its pursuit of the "real." Using documentary films from diverse times and places, the class introduces students to basic questions and issues -- structure, mimesis, politics, authorship, ethics, history -- central to the notion and enterprise of documentary cinema. Enrollment Limit: 30.
Instructor: G. Pingree
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the Cinema Studies Program section titled "Cinematic Traditions Courses."