Australian Documentary: History, Practices and Genres

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Trish FitzSimons (Griffith University, Queensland) Pat Laughren (Griffith University, Queensland)

Australian Documentary

History, Practices and Genres

Trish FitzSimons (Griffith University, Queensland), Pat Laughren (Griffith University, Queensland), Dugald Williamson (University of New England, Australia)

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Cambridge University Press
31 January 2011

Film, TV & Radio; Films, movies & cinema; Television

Drawing on interviews with leading industry sources and containing discussion of over 200 documentaries, Australian Documentary: History, Practices and Genres brings to life over a century of documentary making and connects it to international debates in criticism, theory and history. Documentary is the oldest continuous form of screen production in Australia, and today plays a pivotal part in our creative industries. This incisive book covers the development of documentary in Australia from the early days of cinema to the coming of television and to the digital environment. Addressing the issues facing today's documentary makers, the authors explore the role of the documentary in shaping the nation and forming the 'imagined community'.

By: Trish FitzSimons (Griffith University Queensland), Pat Laughren (Griffith University, Queensland), Dugald Williamson (University of New England, Australia)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 248mm, Width: 172mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 560g
ISBN: 9780521167994
ISBN 10: 052116799X
Publication Date: 31 January 2011
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. The Documentary Field; 2. Braided Channels - Documentary Voice; 3. Cinematic Scenes of Life; 4. New Waves of Documentary; 5. Australian Television Takes On Independent Documentary; 6. Documentary and the Film Finance Corporation; 7. Changing Relations: The AFC, Film Australia and Documentary in the Era of the FFC; 8. Australian Broadcasting Cultures and Recent Documentary Practice; 9. Documentary and the Edge of Reality; 10. Documentary and Civics; 11. Documentary Present and Future.

Reviews for Australian Documentary: History, Practices and Genres

'This is an important book - the intellectual framing is innovative, the thoroughness is exceptional and the insight is illuminating. And those who don't know their way around the Australian documentary will surely find its passion infectious.' Dr Jane Mills, Charles Sturt University