The first edition of New Challenges for Documentaryprovided a major stimulus for teaching about documentary film andtelevision and fresh encouragement for critical thinking aboutpractice. This second edition brings together many new contributions,both from academics and filmmakers, reflecting shifts both indocumentary production itself, and in ways of discussing it.
Once again, the emphasis has been on clear and provocative writing,sympathetic to the practical challenges of documentary filmmaking butmaking connections with a range of work in media and communicationsanalysis.
With its wide range of contributors and the international scope ofits agenda, New Challenges for Documentary will be essentialreading for general filmmakers and documentary students both ofacademic and practical inclinations.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part One: Theories and forms: Documentary asgenre
Part Two: The inside view: Producers anddirectors
Part Three: Issues of ethics and aesthetics
Part Four: Changing contexts in television
Part Five: Versions of history
Part Six: Docudrama: Border disputes
