ABSTRACT

The Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film is a fully international reference work on the history of the documentary film from the Lumière brothers' Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1885) to Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911 (2004). This Encyclopedia provides a resource that critically analyzes that history in all its aspects. Not only does this Encyclopedia examine individual films and the careers of individual film makers, it also provides overview articles of national and regional documentary film history. It explains concepts and themes in the study of documentary film, the techniques used in making films, and the institutions that support their production, appreciation, and preservation.

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A

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Abel Gance: Yesterday and Tomorrow

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Act of God

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Acting

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Activist Filmmaking

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Adolescents, the (A.K.A. That Tender Age) (France, Brault, Rouch, 1964)

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Aesthetics and Documentary Film: Poetics

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Africa: Documentary Drama

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Ag Dok

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Agee, James

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Agland, Phil

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Akerman, Chantal

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Akomfrah, John

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Alexander, Donald

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Allégret, Marc

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Alvarez, Santiago

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American Broadcasting Company

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American Family, An (US, Gilbert, 1973)

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American Film Institute

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Anais Nin Observed (France, Snyder, 1974)

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Anderson, Lindsay

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Angela: Portrait of a Revolutionary (US, du Luart, 1971)

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Animation

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Anstey, Edgar

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Antonio, Emile de

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Apted, Michael

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Arcand, Denys

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Ark, the (UK, Dineen, 1993)

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Ascent of Man, the (UK, 1973)

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Association Internationale des Documentaristes

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Aubervilliers (France, Lotar, 1945)

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Australia

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Austria

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Autobiography and Documentary

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B

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Back of Beyond, the (John Heyer, 1954)

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Balázs, Béla

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Blcon, Michael

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Baldi Gian Vittorio

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Bang Carlsen, Jon

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Barclay, Barry

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Barnouw, Erik

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Basic Training(US, Wiseman, 1971)

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Basse, Wilfried

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Bataille Du Rail, La (France, Clément, 1946)

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Battle For Our Soviet Ukrine, The (USSR, Dovzhenko, 1942–1943)

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Battle of Algiers, the

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Battle of Chile, the (Cuba, Guzman, 1975–1977)

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Battle of China, the (US, Capra, 1944)

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Battle of Midway, the (US, Ford, 1942)

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Battle of Russia, the (US, Litvak, 1944)

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Battle of San Pietro, the (US, Huston, 1945)

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Battle of the Somme (UK, Urban, 1916)

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Bazin, André

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BBC: The Voice of Britain

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Beddington, Jack

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Benelux

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Benoit-Lévy, Jean

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Berlin: the Symphony of a Great City (Germany, Ruttmann, 1927)

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Berliner, Alan

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Beruf: Neonai (Germany, Bonengel, 1993)

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Beveridge, James

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Birri, Fernando

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Birtles, Francis

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Bitomsky, Harmut

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Black Audio Film Collective

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Black Box Brd (Germany, Veiel, 2001)

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Blank, Les

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Blue Eyed (Germany, Verhaag, 1996)

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Bond, Ralph

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Bosnia and Hersegovina

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Bosnian Documentary Mvement

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Bossak, Jery

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Böttcher, Jürgen

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Boulting, John and Roy

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Bowling for Columbine

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Brakhage, Stan

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Brault, Michel

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Brail

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Bridge, the (Holland, Ivens, 1928)

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British Film Institute

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British Instructional Films

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Bronx Morning, A (US, Leyda, 1931)

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Brunei

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Bumming in Beijing (China, Wenguang, 1990)

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Bunuel, Luis

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Burch, Noël

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Burden of Dreams (Germany, Blank, 1982)

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Burma Victory (UK, Boulting, 1945)

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Burns, Ken

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C

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Cambodia

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Camera Natura (Australia, Gibson, 1984)

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Camera Technology

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Canada

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Canada Carries on (1940–1951)

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Canada, French

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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Canadian Motion Picture Bureau

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Cane Toads: Anunnatural History (Australia, Lewis, 1988)

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Canudo, Ricciotto

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Capra, Frank

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Carribean

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Cathy Come Home (UK, Loach, 1966)

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Cavalcanti, Alberto

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Central Office of Information

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Ceylon Tea Propaganda Board

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Chair, The (US, Shuker, 1963)

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Challenge for Change/Société Nouvelle

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Chan, Evans

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Chang (US, Cooper and Schoedsack, 1927)

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Chelsea Girls (US, Warhol, 1966)

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Chicano Tradition

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Children at School (UK, Wright, 1937)

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Chile

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China! (US, Greene, 1965)

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Chronique D'unété (France, Rouch and Marin, 1960)

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Chulas Fronteras (US, Blank, 1976)

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Churchill's Island (Canada, Legg, 1941)

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Cinema Action

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Cinéma Du Réel

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Cinema Novo

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Cinema Verité

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Cinemagzine

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City, The (US, Steiner, 1939)

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City of Gold (Canada, Koenig and Low, 1957)

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Clair, René

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Close-Up (Iran, Kiarostami, 1990)

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Cola Face (UK, Cavalcanti, 1935)

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Columbia Broadcasting System

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Comizi D'amore (Italy, Pasolini, 1964)

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Commonwealth Film Unit

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Comolli, Jean-Louis

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Compilation

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Computer Imaging

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Computer Simulation

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Contact (UK, Rotha, 1933)

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Cooper, Merian C.

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting

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Cousteau, Jacques-Yves

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Coutinho, Eduardo

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Craigie, Jill

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Croatia

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Crown Film Unit

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Cuba, SI! (France, Marker, 1961)

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Culloden (UK, Watkins, 1964)

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Cürlis, Hans

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Czech Republic/Slovakia

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D

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Dalrymple, Ian

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Daly, Tom

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Davis, Peter

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Dead Birds (US, Gardner, 1963)

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Death of a Princess(UK, Thomas, 1980)

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December 7 (US, Ford/Toland, 1942)

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Deconstruction, Documentary Film and

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Del Mero Corazón (US, Blank, 1979)

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Denkmal-Film

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Depardon, Raymond

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Deren, Maya

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Desert Victory (UK, Boulting, Macdonald, 1943)

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Diary for Timothy, A (UK, Jennings, 1945)

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Digital Video

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Digitization

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Dindo, Richard

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Dineen, Molly

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Dinner Party, The (UK, Watson, 1997)

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Distribution and Exhibition

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Divided World, A (Sweden, Sucksdorff, 1948)

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Divine Horsemen (US, Deren, 1977)

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Dockers (UK, Anderson, 1999)

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Documentary Drama: Critical Overview

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Documentary Film Initiative

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Documentary Technicians Alliance

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Docusoap

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Dogme 95

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Don'T Look Back (US, Pennebaker, Leacock, 1965)

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Drew Associates

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Drew, Robert

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Drifters (UK, Grierson, 1929)

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Dschoint Ventschr

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Dvortsevoy, Sergei

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Dyke, Willard van

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E

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East Germany

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Editing Techniques

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Editing Technology

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Educational Films (United States and United Kingdom)

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Eiffel Tower, the (France, Clair, 1928)

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Elliot, Walter

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Elton, Arthur

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Emigholz, Heinz

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Emmer, Luciano

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Empire Marketing Board Film Unit

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Enough to Eat? (UK, Anstey, 1937)

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Enthusiasm (USSR, Vertov, 1930)

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Epstein, Jean

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Ertel, Dieter

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Espoir

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Eternity (Australia, Lawrence Johnston, 1994)

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Ethnographic Documentary Film

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Être Et Avoir (France, Philibert, 2002)

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European Documentary Institute

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European Documentary Network

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Every Day Except Christmas (UK, Anderson, 1957)

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Exhibition

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Exile and the Kingdom (Australia, Frank Rijavec, 1993)

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Experimental Film

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F

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Fahrenheit 9/11

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Falklands War

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Fall the Romanov Dynasty, The (USSR, Shub, 1927)

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Family Portrait (UK, Jenning, 1951)

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Fanck, Arnold

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Far From Vietnam (France, Resnais and Others, 1967)

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Farrebique (France, Rouquier, 1946)

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Fascist Italy

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Fascist Spain

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Fechner, Eberhard

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Feminism: Africa

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Feminism: Critical Overview

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Feminism: North America

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Feminism: United Kingdom

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Fernhout, Johannes Hendrik

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Ferno, John

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Field, Mary

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Film and Photo League, The

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Film Australia

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Film Centre (United Kingdom)

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Film Stock

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Finding Christa (US, Billops and Hatch, 1991)

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Fires Were Started (UK, Jennings, 1943)

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First Love (Poland, Kieślowski, 1974)

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Flaherty, Robert

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For Love or Money (Australia, McMurchy, 1983)

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Forest of Bliss (US, Gardner, 1986)

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Forgács, Péter

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Found Footage

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400 Million, The (Holland, Lvens, 1938)

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France

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Fanju, Georges

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Frank, Herz

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Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask(UK, Julien, 1996)

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Freyer, Ellen

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Fumio, Kamei

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G

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Galan, Hector

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Gardner, Robert

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Gass, Karl

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Gazdag, Gyula

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General Post Office Film Unit

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Georgia O'Keeffe (US, Miller, 1977)

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German Democratic Republic

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Germany

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Gertrude Stein: When This You See, Remember Me (US, Miller Adato, 1971)

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Gimme Shelter (US, Maysles, 1970)

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Glass (Holland, Haanstra, 1958)

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Globalization And Documentary Film

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Godard, Jean-Luc

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Godmilow, Jill

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Gold, Jack

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Goldovskaya, Marina

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Goldson, Annie

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Good Woman Of Bangkok, The (Australia, O'Rourke, 1991)

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Gorin, Jean-Pierre

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Gpo Film Unit

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Grabe, Hans-Dieter

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Graef, Roger

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Granada Television

entry |1 pages

Granton Trawler (UK, Cavalcanti, 1934)

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Grass (US, Schoedsack, Cooper, and Harrison, 1925)

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Great Adventure, The (Sweden, Sucksdorff, 1953–1955)

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Great Day In HarlemUS, Bach, 1994)

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Great White Silence, The (UK, Ponting, 1924)

entry |8 pages

Greece

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Greene, Felix

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Greene, Graham

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Grierson, John

entry |2 pages

Grigsby, Michael

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Groulx, Gilles

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Guzman, Patricio

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Guzzetti, Alfred