MCS 110G: History of Documentary Film

2026-27

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; activity, 3 hours

Catalog page 495

Prerequisites: restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor

Description: A transnational survey of the documentary film from the silent era to the digital age. Topics include how to define nonfiction cinema; the social issue documentary of the 1930s; Cinema vÈritÈ; propaganda; ethnographic media; the essay film; experimental forms; media activism; re-enactment; and the role of changing technologies.