Documentary Film

COMM-2440

Does documentary film depict reality or is it just another form of storytelling? This course takes a broad, historical look at documentary media, exposing students to a wide range of works that in some sense stand on claims to truth. Students are invited to develop a critical stance toward documentary modes of social representation, through viewing and analyzing colonial photography and cinema, ethnographic, propaganda, cinema verite, experimental, and even "fake" documentaries.

4 credits Communication Intensive
Prereqs:
none

Past Term Data

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2023
Documentary Film (4c) [CI]
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 0/22
2022
Documentary Film (4c) [CI]
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 24/22
2021
Documentary Film (4c) [CI]
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 18/19
Documentary Film (4c) [CI]
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 13/19
2020
Documentary Film (4c) [CI]
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 13/19
Documentary Film (4c) [CI]
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 16/19
2019
Documentary Film (4c) [CI]
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 18/38
2018
Documentary Film (4c) [CI]
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 20/19
2017
2016
Documentary Film (4c) [CI]
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 15/19
2015
2014
Documentary Film (4c) [CI]
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 18/0
2013
Documentary Film (4c) [CI]
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 21/21
2012
Documentary Film (4c) [CI]
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 16/19
2011
Documentary Film (4c) [CI]
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 14/25
2010
Documentary Film (4c) [CI]
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 24/25
2009
Documentary Film (4c) [CI]
  • Tamar Gordon
Seats Taken: 24/25
2008
2007