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Documentary films are non-fiction features which “document” the truth of people, places or events, rarely follow a classic narrative structure and involve real people rather than actors. Documentaries are typically made on much lower budgets than feature films and, especially during the era of Cinema Verite and Direct Cinema (1950-1970), were a direct reaction against big-budget Hollywood studios. Documentary film has seen a recent surge in popularity, with such films as Fahrenheit 9/11, An Inconvenient Truth, March of the Penguins and Super Size Me earning as much as big-budget features at the box office.
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Fast Facts
- The term "documentary" was first applied to film in a 1926 review of Moana
- Fahrenheit 9/11 earned over US$228 million in ticket sales
- The newsreel is an example of early documentary film
- Used as a political weapon in Latin America and Quebec during the 1960s & 70s
- The first festival dedicated to documentary film began in Nyon, Switzerland in 1969
- Many early documentary films were propagandist, such as those produced during the World War I and II
- The earliest moving pictures were documentary films, as they were simply recordings of daily activities
- Technological developments, such as digital video cameras and computer editing software have further popularized documentary film making
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blackhawk content's documentary feature "The Ghost Riders" screens sunday eve at the red nation film festival, renberg theater hollywood
@blackhawkfilms | November 11, 2009 10:07 PM -
Red Rock Film Festival to feature award-winning documentary “Sweet Crude” http://tinyurl.com/y94766j
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@_peekaboo jup. Ist auch wirklich gut gemacht. Die New York Times nennt den Film "a brilliant documentary"
@iheartpluto | November 11, 2009 10:03 PM -
Free #iTunes download of the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival - Best Documentary Feature winner "The War Tapes": http://bit.ly/1dMwE5
@ruyarenas | November 11, 2009 09:57 PM -
is offering a free iTunes download of the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival - Best Documentary Feature winner "The War Tapes": http://bit.ly/1dMwE5
@NewVideoDigital | November 11, 2009 09:51 PM
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Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film - $19.99
Now brought completely up to date, the new edition of this classic work on documentary films and filmmaking surveys the history of the genre from 1895 to the present day. With the myriad social upheavals over the past decade, documentaries...
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Confidential Films of WWII - $9.98
During World War II, the United States government produced literally thousands of films. Though many were intended for the average GI, others were considered too sensitive for general viewing. Classified or confidential films covered an eno...
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Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) - $11.95
Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov's artful Soviet propaganda piece Man with a Movie Camera t...
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Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film - $24.99
"He was the most American of artists and the most artistic of Americans," one man later said – "so American in fact that he is almost invisible to us." ANDY WARHOL – a riveting and often deeply moving film portrait of the most famous and f...
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View All Documentary Film Questions (665) | Ask a QuestionBest documentary films of all time. (35 Answers)The Best Documentaries of All Time (counting down from 7 to 1): 7. Titticut Follies - Frederick Wiseman's "fly-on-the-wall" style revolutionized documentary filmmaking. This depressing account of a mental institution ... read moreWhat do you think of the new Conor Oberst song, Nikorette? Are you going to watch his documentary film? (1 Answer)I love the song. Thanks for sharing it. I've been a fan of Conor Oberst's work for a long time. I'm not sure if I'll watch the documentary or not. ... read moreWhat Sundance 2009 films have the most buzz currently? (3 Answers)Burma VJ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1333634/ AJ Schnack "super buzz title" Paper Heart http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1331064/ Nathan Andersen "This year so far, probably the biggest buzz surrounds the “secret” comedy project Paper Heart, starring Michael ... read moreThoughts on the death of Mike Mad Dog Bell? Have you seen the film Bigger Stronger Faster? (5 Answers)I saw the film... and it I thought it was one of the more honest (though, at the same time, sympathetic) views of steroid use-and-abuse. I'm not at all familiar ... read more
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