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In the Battle for Reality: Social Documentaries in the U.S.

email   discuss By Pat Aufderheide  

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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