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Reel Paradise And Sisters In Law, Jennifer Malkowski Jul 2007

Reel Paradise And Sisters In Law, Jennifer Malkowski

Film & Media Studies: Faculty Publications

Steve James's Reel Paradise and Kim Longinotto and Florence Ayisi's Sisters in Lawexemplify divergent paths in the field of ethnographic documentary since 1922's formative Nanook of the North. The observational style of Sisters in Law bests the self-indulgence of Reel Paradise, though both films present ethical challenges.

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The Evolution And Impact Of Documentary Films, Amma Marfo May 2007

The Evolution And Impact Of Documentary Films, Amma Marfo

Senior Honors Projects

Long considered either high art or the bane of every student’s existence when a substitute teacher came to class, documentary film has developed into a popular and visible form of entertainment. As a result, they are starting to have a bigger effect on society, as they begin to address issues with the goal of informing the public and pushing for social change. This project will first address historical documentaries, the reasons that they were made, and what techniques were established that have carried through to documentary film today. My paper will then examine today’s documentary films, what techniques they use …

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Video Remains: Nostalgia, Technology, And Queer Archive Activism, Alexandra Juhasz Jan 2006

Video Remains: Nostalgia, Technology, And Queer Archive Activism, Alexandra Juhasz

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

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Images And Voices From The Cumberland Mountains: Surface Coal Mining And The Evolution Of Appalshop's Documentary Activism., Katherine Elisabeth Schram Aug 2005

Images And Voices From The Cumberland Mountains: Surface Coal Mining And The Evolution Of Appalshop's Documentary Activism., Katherine Elisabeth Schram

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Since the early 1970s, Appalshop, a regional film workshop in Whitesburg, Kentucky, has been examining social, economic, and environmental issues important to the people of Appalachia. Appalshop’s goal has always been to give a voice to a community that is often stereotyped and misunderstood by the media. Since its creation, Appalshop has devoted ample attention to the practice of surface mining, its potential consequences to the region, and most importantly, local opposition to the practice. While Appalshop’s early surface mining documentaries are focused on educating the general public about the issue, its later documentaries appeal to viewers’ emotions and develop …

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Wrestling With The Angels: Hollywood's Sawdust Trail Of Believers, Preachers, And Moviemakers, Coriann Bright May 2003

Wrestling With The Angels: Hollywood's Sawdust Trail Of Believers, Preachers, And Moviemakers, Coriann Bright

Whittier Scholars Program

This project is a 59 minute long documentary based on Coriann Bright’s self-design major, Religious and Philosophical Perspectives in Film. Wrestling with the Angels overviews Hollywood’s portrayal of the Evangelical tradition and its impact on her own religious journey. This compilation documentary combines religious theologies about faith, specifically covering the dynamics of faith in Evangelism and Hollywood’s treatment of this issue. The documentary includes portions of films and analyzed through a voice-over narrative. This project includes the script, a shooting long, and filmography as well as the video.

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No Woman Is An Object: Realizing The Feminist Collaborative Video, Alexandra Juhasz Jan 2003

No Woman Is An Object: Realizing The Feminist Collaborative Video, Alexandra Juhasz

Publications and Research

Feminist video does collectivity exceedingly well. Certainly other politicized cultural movements and individuals work through this method, and, of course, feminists also produce work in collaboration in film and other media (as Julia Lesage testifies above). However, I assert that there is a profound natural mechanics to women's work in video that makes the medium's method, theory, and theme the interactive and politicized subjectification of the female sex. Film and patriarchy share the project of women's objectification-they make victims. Video and feminism see women as complex, worthy selves-they produce subjects. In feminist collaboration: video, the medium (inexpensive, debased, nonprofessional), the …

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Chalk, Talk, And Videotape: Utilizing Ken Burns’S Television Histories In The Classroom, Gary Edgerton Jan 2002

Chalk, Talk, And Videotape: Utilizing Ken Burns’S Television Histories In The Classroom, Gary Edgerton

Scholarship and Professional Work - Communication

Gary Edgerton's contribution to OAH Magazine of History (Summer 2002) 16 (4): 16-22.

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Review Of Breaching The Margins: Three Stories Of Aids And Sexuality In The Asian And Island Pacific (Films: Not A Simple Story/Out In Silence; China Dolls; And The Loser), Douglass P. Drozdow Mar 1999

Review Of Breaching The Margins: Three Stories Of Aids And Sexuality In The Asian And Island Pacific (Films: Not A Simple Story/Out In Silence; China Dolls; And The Loser), Douglass P. Drozdow

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

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They Said We Were Trying To Show Reality -- All I Want To Show Is My Video: The Politics Of Realist Feminist Documentaries, Alexandra Juhasz Jan 1999

They Said We Were Trying To Show Reality -- All I Want To Show Is My Video: The Politics Of Realist Feminist Documentaries, Alexandra Juhasz

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

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Knowing Each Other Through Aids Video: A Dialogue Between Aids Activist Videomakers, Alexandra Juhasz, Juanita Mohammed Jan 1996

Knowing Each Other Through Aids Video: A Dialogue Between Aids Activist Videomakers, Alexandra Juhasz, Juanita Mohammed

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

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The Scouting Difference: Development, Direction, And Evaluation Of A Documentary Film, Kirk E. Strickland Jan 1982

The Scouting Difference: Development, Direction, And Evaluation Of A Documentary Film, Kirk E. Strickland

Theses and Dissertations

There is a need for supplemental reference material of an in-depth, specific nature to suggest methods of general application to the novice film director. Because film production is such a highly collaborative art, craft, and business with limited opportunities open to beginners, the novice director can benefit a great deal from the documented experiences of another. This study will provide insight into the practical role of the film director in motion picture production. In this way, this study can influence directorial practice in a positive manner by offering a forewarning of potential production challenges and help the novice to avoid …

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