Real Cinema: Analyzing Documentary Film
Harvard Summer School
VISU S-146
Section 1
CRN 36034
This course familiarizes students with the breadth of genres within documentary film. Dating back to Robert Flaherty's 1922 Nanook of the North, the course traces social, observational, hybrid, archive, essay, and music documentaries including those by Fredrick Wiseman, Sara Gómez, Werner Herzog, Chris Marker, and Laura Poitras. We analyze the aesthetic and formal elements of these films as well as the ethics of how they were made and distributed.
Registration Closes: June 17, 2025
Credits: 4
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Summer Term 2025
Part of Term
Full Term
Format
On Campus
Credit Status
Graduate, Noncredit, Undergraduate
Section Status
Open