Contemporary Documentary
X34.9424
/ $925
FALL 2009
Continuing Education:
Film, Video and Broadcasting
Explore the roots of contemporary documentary, including cinema verite masters, such as Barbara Kopple; first-person essayists, such Ross McElwee; interrogators, such as Errol Morris; and iconoclasts, such as Michael Moore. Students survey practitioners of traditional genres, such as music, biography, and competition, as well as innovators and experimentalists. Experienced documentarians are on hand to share their filmmaking secrets and offer advice on what it takes to make a successful nonfiction movie.
This course is applicable toward:
Related Subject Areas: Film Studies, Documentary
Course Materials
Section 1
Wednesday 6:20pm-9:20pm
September 23 - December 16
No class Nov. 25
12 Sessions
Instructor:
Anthony Kaufman
Location: Washington Square
