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A fine collection of critical essays which will help consolidate documentary as a key area for media scholarship. The writers descend from general theory to engage with the remarkable variety of ways in which specific films pro- duce the 'shock of the real. They return us to theory with a renewed sense of complexity, and of excitement, too."-JOHN CORNER, UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL"Grant and Sloniowski have assembled a very fine collection, representing the best current scholarly writing on documentary. Since the anthology covers the full breadth of documentary films from Nanook of the North to Paris Is Burning, it constitutes a kind of critical history as well. It will be a gold mine for teachers and students and in many disciplines-as both reference and textbook."-JOHN HESS, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND ISBN:9780814326398
