Publisher's Synopsis
From the Lumière brothers' record of a locomotive pulling into a train station in 1895's Arrival of a Train to Disney's stunning images captured with the latest digital technology in 2009's Earth, this survey examines some 300 of the world's most notable documentaries. Featuring a range of documentary styles and topics -- travel/ethnographic epics; notorious propaganda, wartime morale boosters, and battle epics; and exposés, commemorations, and sports-figure biographies -- the resource covers a broad cross-section of venerable films in an accessible viewer's guide format. In addition to offering a critical commentary on each documentary, the book discloses fascinating trivia about the movies and the history of the venerated art-form.
