Taking the long view: a study of longitudinal documentary

Taking the long view: a study of longitudinal documentary
ISBN-10
1847793177
ISBN-13
9781847793171
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
215
Language
English
Published
2013-07-19
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Author
Richard Kilborn

Description

Taking the Long View is a study of documentary series such as Michael Apted’s world-famous Seven Up films that set out to trace the life-journeys of individuals from their earliest schooldays till they are fully grown adults, often with children of their own. In addition to Seven Up, the book provides extended accounts of the two other best known longitudinal series to have been produced in the last three or four decades: Winifred and Barbara Junge’s The Children of Golzow and Swedish director Rainer Hartleb’s The Children of Jordbrö. Long docs have been an especially popular form of documentary with TV and cinema audiences and the book seeks to throw light on the nature of their appeal.

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