Documentary filmmaking in the postmodern age: Errol morris and the fog of truth

Studies in Documentary Film

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-50

  Ricciardelli, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Documentary film; Errol morris; Historiography; History; National identity; The Fog of War; Truth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861652180     PISSN: 17503280     EISSN: 17503299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/sdf.4.1.35_1     Document Type: Article

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