Documentary Modes
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PARTICIPATORY/INTERACTIVE (FILMMAKER INTERACTS WITH
ACTION, AFFECTS THE ACTION)
PERFORMATIVE: (RECONSTRUCTIONS/ RE-ENACTMENTS / FILM LIKE/
SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE/ EMOTIONAL RESPONSE)
OBSERVATIONAL: (FLY ON WALL, FILM MAKER NOT SEEN)
EXPOSITORY: (NARRATION/VOICE OF GOD/REAL FOOTAGE)
POETIC: (TONAL/RYTHMIC QUALITIES)
Supersize Me (2004) Morgan Spurlock
Sicko (2007) Michael Moore
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) Michael Moore
Bowling for Columbine (2007) Michael Moore
Kurt & Courtney (1998) Nick Broomfield
Biggie & Tupac (2002) Nick Broomfield
A Complete History of my Sexual Failures (2008) Chris Waitt
Catfish (2010) Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman, USA
The Cove (2009) Louie Psihoyos, USA
Touching the Void (2003) Kevin MacDonald
Paris Is Burning (1991) Jenny Livingstone
The Imposter (2012) Bart Layton, USA (part expository)
The King of Kong (2007) Seth Gordon, USA
Man with a Movie Camera (1929) Dziga Vertov, Soviet Union.
Sans Soleil (1983), Chris Marker, France. ?
Hospital (1970) Fredrick Wiseman
The Bridge (2006) Eric Steel, UK/USA
Être et avoir (2002) Nicolas Philibert, France
Babies (2010) Thomas Balmes
Don’t Look Back (1967) P.A Pennebaker
March of the Penguins (2005) Luc Jacquet, France
Project Nim (2011) James Marsh, UK
Sellebrity (2012) Kevin Mazur, USA
Dog Town & Z boys (2001) Stacey Peralta, USA
Billabong Odyssey (2003) Philip Boston, Australia
Riding Giants (2004) Stacey Peralta, France
Marley (2012) Kevin MacDonald, UK
Paradise Lost (1996) Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky, USA
West of Memphis (2012) Amy Berg, New Zealand/UK/USA
Capturing the Freidmans (2003) Andrew Jarecki, USA
Spellbound (2002) Jeffrey Blitz, USA
Being Elmo (2011) Constance Marks, USA
Grizzly Man (2005), Werner Herzog, USA
Encounters at the End of the World (2007) Werner Herzog, USA ?
This Film is not yet Rated (2006), Kirby Dick, UK
Gonzo (2008) Alex Gibney, USA
Easy Riders. Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs & Rock n’ Roll Generation Saved
Hollywood (2003) Kenneth Bowser, USA
Man on a Wire (2008) James Marsh
An Inconvenient Truth (2006) Davis Guggenheim, USA
9/11 (2002) James Hanlon, Rob Klug. USA
Senna (2010), Asif Kapadia, UK/France
Tarnation (2003) Jonathan Caouette, USA
Side by Side (2012) Christopher Keneally, USA
End of the Century (2003) Jim Fields, Michael Gramaglia, USA
Koyaanisqatsi (1982) Godfrey Reggio, USA
Baraka (1992) Ron Fricke, USA
Samsara (2011) Ron Fricke, USA
Life in a Day (2011), Kevin MacDonald, UK
Anvil: The Story of Anvil (2008) Sacha Gervasi, Canada
Magic Trip (2011), Alison Ellwood, Alex Gibney, USA
Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) Alex Gibney, USA
Inside Job (2010) Charles Ferguson, USA
Enron: The Smartest Guy in the Room (2005) Alex Gibney, USA
The Corporation (2003) Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, Canada
Hearts of Darkness (1991) Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, USA
The September Issue (2009) R.J. Cutler, USA
Gimme Shelter (1970) Albert Maysles, David Maysles, USA
Where in the World Is Osman Bin Laden? (2008) Morgan Spurlock, France/USA
The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011) Morgan Spurlock, USA
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003) Nick Broomfield, UK
Outfoxed (2004), Robert Greenwald, USA
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) Werner Herzog, USA
Wasteland (2010) Lucy Walker, Brazil/UK
Into the Abyss (2011) Werner Herzog, USA
Jesus Camp(2008) Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, USA
Religious (2008) Larry Charles, USA
The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003) Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni,
Germany/Mongolia
Dreams of a Life (2011) Carol Morely, UK
South of the Boarder (2009) Oliver Stone, USA
Exist Through The Gift Shop (2010) Banksy, USA/UK
The Celluloid Closet (1995) Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman,
France/Germany/UK/USA