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In The Battle For Reality:
Social Documentaries in the U.S.
By Pat Aufderheide
Full Report in .PDF format
(1.5 Mb)
What difference can a documentary make? This fact-filled
report, with many case studies of successful strategic use of social
documentaries, answers that question. The report, written by Center
director Pat Aufderheide, analyzes
conditions of production and use in four contexts: television channels,
alternative media, community media, and nonprofit sponsored production.
It also discusses current teaching practices about social documentary,
and analyzes key policy issues affecting production of social docs.
The report was substantially funded by the Ford Foundation,
with added support from the Phoebe Haas Charitable Trust, American
University, and Grantmakers in Film and Electronic Media.
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Introduction
Squeezing
Through The Gates: Professional Production for Television
No
Gatekeepers: Alternative Media
Build
It And They Will Come: Public Platforms for New Speakers
In The
Toolkit: Nonprofit Production
Contexts
for Understanding: Research and Teaching
Frameworks
for Action: The Changing Business and Policy Environments
Opportunities
for Growth
Reference
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