Encyclopedia of the documentary film

With over 800 articles from scholars around the world, the "Encyclopaedia of the Documentary Film" is a fully international reference work on the history of the documentary film from Edison's "Blacksmith Scene" (1893) to Moore's "Fahrenheit 911" (2004).

All over the world documentary films have provided engaging, provocative, and skilled representations of life and the Encyclopaedia provides a resource that critically analyses that history in all its aspects.

Not only does it examine individual films and the careers of individual film-makers, it also provides overview articles of national and regional documentary film history.

It explains concepts and themes in the study of documentary film, the techniques used in making films, and the institutions that support their production, appreciation, and preservation.

With over 300 film stills, this resource provides the decisive entry point into the history of an art form.