New Challenges for Documentary

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Summary: A great collection of viepoints
Review: Although this is not the single best book on documentary film, it is arguably the best collection of essays gathered on the subject. A wide range of viewpoints are represented, and the organization is logical and easily understood. This was a text in a documentary production course I took as a graduate student, and now that I will be teaching such a course, I plan to use it as well.

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Summary: Uninformed, often silly.
Review: Rosenthal comes at his subject from the point of view of a hack, and it shows. Depressing

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Summary: Still relevant for today's documentarist.
Review: The articles Rosenthal collected are the best in the field. The documentary needs more theoretical input like this to give the new film makers a better understanding of the art of documentary film making.