Early Documentary Cinema

Early Documentary Cinema is a historical category of nonfiction film production and practice from the late 19th to the mid-20th century that constitutes the foundational phase of documentary as a distinct cinematic mode, differentiated by its emergent forms of factual representation, observational techniques, and rhetorical strategies prior to the institutionalization of documentary conventions.

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Publications

3.4K

Citations

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Authors

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Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Authors

53

  1. JS
    Jordan Schonig

    University of Chicago, United States

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  2. CM
    Charles Musser

    Yale University, United States

    1 publications · 31 citations

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  3. LJ
    Laura Jo-Han Wen

    Randolph–Macon College, United States

    1 publications · 44 citations

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  4. LR
    Lawrence Rainey

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  5. VR
    Victor Rosenberg

    Yale University, United States

    1 publications · 45 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 17 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. Screen

    4 publications · 277 citations

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  3. Framework The Journal of Cinema and Media

    3 publications · 66 citations

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  4. Film Quarterly

    2 publications · 94 citations

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  5. Journal of Film and Video

    2 publications · 29 citations

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