BFI's 100 Documentary Films
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"100 Documentary Films is the first book to offer concise and authoritative individual critical commentaries on some of the key documentary films - from the Lumière brothers and the beginnings of cinema through to recent films such as Bowling for Columbine and When the Levees Broke - and is global in perspective. Many different types of documentary are discussed, as well as films by major documentary directors, including Robert Flaherty, Humphrey Jennings, Jean Rouch, Dziga Vertov, Errol Morris, Nick Broomfield and Michael Moore. Each entry provides concise critical analysis, while frequent cross reference to other films featured helps to place films in their historical and aesthetic contexts."
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Baignade en mer
1895 — a.k.a. The Sea, in 1 top list Check -
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Le débarquement du congrès de photographie à Lyon
1895 — a.k.a. The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon, in 1 top list Check -
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Les forgerons
1895 — a.k.a. Blacksmith Scene, in 2 top lists Check -
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L'arroseur arrosé
1895 — a.k.a. The Waterer Watered, in 6 top lists Check -
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La pêche aux poissons rouges
1895 — a.k.a. Fishing for Goldfish, in 1 top list Check -
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Place des Cordeliers à Lyon
1895 — a.k.a. Cordeliers' Square in Lyon, in 2 top lists Check -
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Repas de bébé
1895 — a.k.a. Baby's Meal, in 3 top lists Check -
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Le saut à la couverture
1895 — a.k.a. Jumping the Blanket, in 1 top list Check -
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La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon
1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 10 top lists Check -
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La voltige
1895 — a.k.a. Trick Riding, in 1 top list Check -
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Manhatta
1921, in 5 top lists Check -
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Nanook of the North
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
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Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt
1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check -
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Padenie dinastii Romanovykh
1927 — a.k.a. The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty, in 2 top lists Check -
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Chelovek s kino-apparatom
1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check -
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Turksib
1929, in 6 top lists Check -
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Menschen am Sonntag
1930 — a.k.a. People on Sunday, in 12 top lists Check -
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À propos de Nice
1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check -
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Las Hurdes
1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check -
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Nieuwe gronden
1933 — a.k.a. New Earth, in 2 top lists Check -
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Man of Aran
1934, in 5 top lists Check -
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Coal Face
1935, in 2 top lists Check -
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Housing Problems
1935, in 2 top lists Check -
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Shipyard
1935, in 1 top list Check -
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Triumph des Willens
1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check -
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The Plow That Broke the Plains
1936, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Spanish Earth
1937, in 3 top lists Check -
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North Sea
1938, in 1 top list Check -
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Native Land
1942, in 2 top lists Check -
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Prelude to War
1942 — a.k.a. Why We Fight, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Battle of Britain
1943, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Battle of Russia
1943, in 3 top lists Check -
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Divide and Conquer
1943, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Nazis Strike
1943, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Battle of China
1944, in 3 top lists Check -
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A Diary for Timothy
1945, in 5 top lists Check -
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War Comes to America
1945, in 3 top lists Check -
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Farrebique ou Les quatre saisons
1946 — a.k.a. Farrebique, in 2 top lists Check -
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Let There Be Light
1946, in 3 top lists Check -
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Le sang des bêtes
1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check -
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Kon-Tiki
1950, in 3 top lists Check -
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Les maîtres fous
1955 — a.k.a. The Mad Masters, in 6 top lists Check -
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Nuit et brouillard
1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check -
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Les raquetteurs
1958, in 1 top list Check -
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We Are the Lambeth Boys
1959, in 2 top lists Check -
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CBS Reports: Harvest of Shame
1960, in 2 top lists Check -
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Primary
1960, in 6 top lists Check -
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Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)
1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check -
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Very Nice, Very Nice
1961, in 3 top lists Check -
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Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
1963, in 5 top lists Check
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