Watching the world : screen documentary and audiences /
Thomas Austin.
- 217 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-213) and index.
Continuity and change: the documentary 'boom' -- Seeing, feeling, knowing: Etre et avoir -- 'Suspense, fright, emotion, happy ending': documentary form and audience response to Touching the Void -- 'The most confusing tears': home video, sex crime and indeterminacy in Capturing the Friedmans -- Approaching the invisible centre: middle-class identity and documentary film -- 'Our planet reveals its secrets': wildlife documentaries on television -- Conclusion: documentary world views. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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Documentary films--History and criticism--Great Britain Documentary films--History and criticism--United States Documentary television programs--History and criticism--Great Britain Documentary television programs--History and criticism--United States