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> I am currently preparing a chapter on British film and TV and am at
present
> writing the section on documentary. Employing Bill Nichols' five
categories,
> I plan to focus on five films exemplifying these types. I have come up
> against a snag, however, insofar as I cannot find a suitably reflexive
> British documentary example. I wonder if anyone can suggest a British film
or
> TV documentary of this type. I'd love to write about Man with a Movie
Camera,
> but of course I can't. (Besides, this seems to be everyone's idea of a
> reflexive doco.) Any suggestions would be most welcome!
> Richard
What are Nichol's five categories? And would Michael Apted's 7 UP onwards
series work? I haven't seen it myself though, but it seems to me a way by
which the mediations of filmmaking--even documentary filmmaking--are
revealed...
Andrew
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