Approved Documentary FILM List
Listing of FILMS approved for screening in this course.
Films marked with ** are films which are introduced in lectures with excerpts shown. Films marked with ++ may be borrowed for 3 days maximum through the instructor by appointment in Eliot Hall Room G-21.
Flaherty, Nanook of the North (1922) DVD ** ++
Vertov, Man with the Movie Camera (1929) DVD ** ++
Ruttman, Berlin: Symphony of a City (1927) DVD ** ++
Riefenstahl, Triumph of the Will (1934) DVD ** ++
Riefenstahl, Olympia, (1938 ) DVD ** ++ [also available at University Library]
Muller, The Wonderful, horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, DVD ** ++ [also available at University Library]
Capra, Why We Fight The Battle of China and DVD ** ++
War Comes to America (1942) ** ++ [the Capra films are part of a seven part series)
Capra, Why We Fight, Prelude to War and The Nazi Strike (1942) DVD ** ++
The Following films might be interesting for a compare and contrast analysis of treatment of similar subject matter:
Alain Resnais, Night and Fog (1955) ++
Marcel Ophuls, Le Chagrin et la Pite (The Sorrow and the Pity) (1969) ++
Alpert, Baghdad ER (2006) ++
Perry, Swan, Chilcott, CNN, Combat Hospital (2006) ++
THE FOLLOWING FILMS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE AT THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. [thanks to students who compiled lists of documentaries available] STUDENTS MAY SCREEN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING FOR CRITIQUES AND COURSE ESSAYS.
Errol Morris – Fast Cheap and Out of Control
Murray Lerner – Mao to Mozart
Errol Morris – Gates of Heaven
Morgan Spurlock – Super Size Me
Micahel Moore, Roger and Me [Library VCR]
Michael Moore – Bowling of Columbine
Michael Moore – Fahrenheit 9/11
Jon Alpert, Inside Iraq
Mira Hamermesh, Caste at Birth (ch 4) http://www.filmakers.com/indivs/CasteBirth.htm [library VCR]
Tammy Cheung , Qi Yue = July [VCR]
Wim Wenders, Buena Vista Social Club http://www.pbs.org/buenavista/film/index.html
More approved films: (updated 3-12-08) (check for duplication)
DVD
Brother’s Keeper / [Videorecording] / American Playhouse Theatrical Films In Association With Creative Thinking InternaNew York : Fox Lorber Home Video, c1993.
DVD
Capturing The Friedmans / [Videorecording] / HBO Documentary Films ; Magnolia Pictures ; A Film By Andrew Jarecki ; Directed B
New York, N.Y.] : HBO Video, c2003.
DVD
Le Chagrin Et La Pitie Chronique D’une Ville Française Sous L’occupation = The Sorrow And The Pity : / [Videorecording] : A Milestone Film Release ; Un Film De Marcel Ophuls ; Production, Andre Harris, A
DVD
Control Room / [Videorecording] / Magnolia Pictures [And] 2929 Entertainment Present ; A Noujaim Films Production ;
Santa Monica, Calif. : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, c2004.
DVD
Enron The Smartest Guys In The Room / [Videorecording] : 2929 Entertainment, HDNet Films Present In Association With Jigsaw Productions ;
Los Angeles, Calif. : Magnolia Home Entertainment, [2006]
DVD
Five Films About Christo & Jeanne-Claude / [Videorecording] / A Maysles Films Production.Brooklyn, N.Y. : Plexifilm, c2004.
DVD
Gates Of Heaven / [Videorecording] / IFC Films ; A Film By Errol Morris ; Produced, Directed And Edited By Errol Morris
Santa Monica, Calif. : MGM Home Entertainment, c2005.
DVD
Hoop Dreams / [Videorecording] / FineLine Features [Presents] ; A Production Of Kartemquin Films And KTCA ; A Film
United States] : New Line Home Entertainment [distributor], c2005.
DVD
Imelda / [Videorecording] / Produced And Directed By Ramona S. Diaz ; Produced In Association With The Indepe
New York] : Unico Entertainment, c2004.
DVD
Maya Lin A Strong Clear Vision / [Videorecording] : [Ocean Releasing Presents] ; A Film By Freida Lee Mock ; Director, Producer, And
New York, N.Y.] : Docurama : Distributed by New Video, c2003.
DVD
Murder On A Sunday Morning / [Videorecording] / A Film By Jean-Xavier De Lestrade ; Produced By Denis Poncet ; A Co-Production Ma
New York] : Docurama ; New Video [dist.], 2003.
DVD
Rush To War [Between
Iraq And A Hard Place] / [Videorecording] : Written, Produced & Directed By Robert Taicher.[S.l.] : RTW Productions, c2004
VIDEOTAPE
Shadows And Whispers The Struggle Of
North Korea’s Refugees / [Videorecording] : Filmakers Library, Inc. Presents ; A Film By Kim Jung-Eun ; Producer, Peter Charl
New York, N.Y. : Filmakers Library, c2000.
VIDEOTAPE
Shoah / [Videorecording] / A New Yorker Films Release ; A Film By Claude Lanzmann ; A Co-Production By Les F
New York, N.Y. : New Yorker Video, c1999.
DVD
Somalia The Neglected Civil War / [Videorecording] : Filmakers Library, Inc. Presents ; NHK Documentary ; Director, Seijun Hata ; Exec
New York, N.Y. : Filmakers Library, [2003]
VIDEOTAPE
The Story Of Vinh / [Videorecording] / Produced By Quang Nguyen, Patricia Sides, Keiko Tsuno ; Writers,
Quang Nguyen, Pa
New York, N.Y. : DCTV, c1991.
DVD
Thomas Jefferson / [Videorecording] / A Florentine Films Production ; A Film By Ken Burns ; Produced By Ken Burns, Cami
Alexandria, Va.] : PBS ;
Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2001.
VIDEOTAPE
We Are Not Beggars / [Videorecording] / Written And Directed By Wen-Jie Qin.
Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 1997.
DVD
The Wonderful, Horrible Life Of Leni Riefenstahl / [Videorecording] / Omega Film, Nomad Films Present ; Directed By Ray Muller ; Produced By Hans-Jurge
New York, N.Y. : Kino International ;
Chatsworth, Calif. : distributed by Image Entertainment, p1998, c1993.
Woodstock 3 Days Of Peace And Music / [Videorecording] : Directed By Michael Wadleigh ; Produced By Bob Maurice
Burbank, Calif. : Warner Bros., 1994
