Post-1990 Documentary

Abstract

This book presents in-depth case studies focusing on the major aspects of post-1990 documentary practices and styles. The book questions the meanings of ‘independence’ for documentaries made in the post-1990 context, a period of unrivalled disruption and creativity in the field. Written from a wide range of academic perspectives, the book sheds new light on historical, theoretical, and empirical issues pertaining to the independent documentary, in order to better comprehend the radical transformations of the form over the past twenty years. The book focuses on works and practitioners existing at the margins of the traditional media, the mainstream film industry, and the prevailing economic and socio-political systems. In doing so, it addresses an important gap in the global understanding of documentary practices and styles. The book provides critical and detailed insight into contemporary independent documentary makers and their varied works, practices and uses and offers a variety of perspectives and interpretations of under studied contemporary subject matters and styles, as well as production, distribution, and exhibition strategies.