Week 5★Oct 30th Rethinking Documentary Cinema: But what is Documentary Anyway?

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Required Reading

Nichols, Bill. 2010. “How Can We Define Documentary Film”, Introduction To Documentary (second edition), Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press: 1-41

 [distributed in class on Oct 23]

Film for Discussion: Nanook of the North, Dir. Robert Flaherty, 1922

 NOTE： please WATCH IT PRIOR TO THE LECTURE

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4kOIzMqso0