{"product_id":"avant-doc-intersections-of-documentary-and-avant-garde-cinema-paperback","title":"Avant-Doc: Intersections of Documentary and Avant-Garde Cinema - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScott MacDonald\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMacDonald explores the cinematic territory between the traditional categories of \"documentary\" and \"avant-garde\" film, through candid, in-depth conversations with filmmakers whose work has challenged these categories. Arranged in an imaginative chronology and written to be accessible to any film-interested reader, the interviews in Avant-Doc chart half a century of thinking by inventive filmmakers such as Robert Gardner, Ed Pincus, Alfred Guzzetti, Ross McElwee, Leonard Retel Helmrich, Michael Glawogger, Susana de Sousa Dias, Jonathan Caouette, Pawel Wojtasik, and Todd Haynes. Recent breakthroughs by Amie Siegel, Jane Gillooly, Jennifer Proctor, Betzy Bromberg, and Godfrey Reggio are discussed; and considerable attention is paid to Harvard's innovative Sensory Ethnography Lab, producer of \u003cem\u003eSweetgrass\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eManakamana\u003c\/em\u003e. A rare interview with pioneering scholar Annette Michelson begins \u003cem\u003eAvant-Doc's\u003c\/em\u003e meta-conversation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScott MacDonald \u003c\/strong\u003eteaches film history at Hamilton College and Harvard University. He is the author of several books, most recently, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Ethnographic Film and Personal Documentary\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 472\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.2 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45257512190054,"sku":"9780199388714","price":119.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/bG9IK2VFTXl3bVYrR3d0YzZ2aTVSZz09.webp?v=1773780627","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/avant-doc-intersections-of-documentary-and-avant-garde-cinema-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}