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A New History of Documentary Film: 2nd Edition
Author(s): Betsy A. McLane (Author)
- Publisher: Continuum
- Publication Date: 9 Aug. 2012
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 448 pages
- ISBN-10: 1441124578
- ISBN-13: 9781441124579
Book Description
A New History of Documentary Film, Second Edition offers a much-needed resource, considering the very rapid changes taking place within documentary media. Building upon the best-selling 2005 edition, Betsy McLane keeps the same chronological examination, factual reliability, ease of use and accessible prose style as before, while also weaving three new threads – Experimental Documentary, Visual Anthropology and Environmental/Nature Films – into the discussion. She provides emphasis on archival and preservation history, present practices, and future needs for documentaries. Along with preservation information, specific problems of copyright and fair use, as they relate to documentary, are considered.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘It’s an excellent introduction for any student wishing to understand the major trends in documentary production in the UK and North America and the major films of various eras…Overall, A New History of Documentary Film is a worthy and ambitious book. The text would be a great resource for a library or for a documentary studies class.’ –L. Clare Bratten, Journal of Film and Video 60.1, Spring 2008
About the Author
Betsy A. McLane is the Director Emerita of the International Documentary Association. She holds degrees in cinema: a BFA from Ithaca College, MA and Ph.D. from The University of Southern California School of Media Arts. She has taught courses on film and documentary at Loyola Marymount University, The University of Vermont, Emerson College, The University of Southern California and California State University, San Bernadino, Palm Desert Campus. She is a Past President of the University Film and Video Association, and most recently served as the Project Director for The American Documentary Showcase, a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State.
