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NPF 605
History of Documentary Film
The course explores cinema's origins in documentary practices and some of the major movements in documentary cinema, including the G.P.O. documentaries, the W.P.A. documentaries, the founding of Canada's National Film Board and the wartime documentaries of Great Britain, United States and Canada, the Free Cinema, cinéma-vérité, and institutional documentary. Texts on all these movements, including declarations of important proponents of the various schools and institutions, will be examined.
Weekly Contact: Lecture: 3 hrs.
GPA Weight: 1.00
Course Count: 1.00
Billing Units: 1
Prerequisites
MPF 290 or Image Arts student
Co-Requisites
None
Antirequisites
None
Custom Requisites
None
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