How do issues of form and content shape the documentary film? What role does visual evidence play in relation to a documentary's arguments about the world we live in? This book investigates the ways documentaries strive for accuracy and truthfulness and simultaneously fabricate a form that shapes reality.
"Nichols’s marvelous volume of essays . . . spans forty years of his contribution to contemporary film theory. It offers lucid, articulate, and illuminating studies of both general issues in documentary theory and of individual films. Readers familiar with his books will find fascinating essays here, both supplementing his published volumes and adding new perspectives on his work."
