Series Editors:
Jane M. Gaines and Michael Renov
Visible Evidence
Public confidence in the “real” is everywhere in decline, and cultural and historical representation is ubiquitously in question in film, documentary, video production, photography, and media. The Visible Evidence series offers a forum for the in-depth consideration of the representation of the real with books that challenge prevailing notions of the “documentary tradition” and nonfiction culture.
Through anthologies on major topics (such as feminism and documentary, queer documentary, and mockumentaries) that feature contributions by prominent film scholars and filmmakers, to focused studies of home movies, Holocaust imagery, and individual international filmmakers or national media practices, Visible Evidence presents original ethnographic research and intellectually rigorous commentary on visual representation throughout a broad range of cinematic and artistic genres.
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Books in this Series
Ferocious Reality
Documentary according to Werner Herzog
A look at the illustrious director’s paradoxical relationship with documentary
Creating the Witness
Documenting Genocide on Film, Video, and the Internet
How film and media inspire a response to genocide as an international crime
Cinema’s Alchemist
The Films of Péter Forgács
Multiple views of the famed Hungarian filmmaker and installation artist who turns home movies into history
The Right to Play Oneself
Looking Back on Documentary Film
Discussions of “committed” documentary by a “committed” historian of film
First Person Jewish
An innovative examination of the interrelation between first person filmmaking and collective identity
Documentary Time
Film and Phenomenology
An innovative theoretical reassessment of temporality in documentary films
Circuits of Culture
Media, Politics, and Indigenous Identity in the Andes
A surprising study of how images of Andean Indianness have been popularized in Bolivian media
Shimmering Screens
Making Media in an Aboriginal Community
Reconsiders the interplay between aboriginal communities and media
Forest of Pressure
Ogawa Shinsuke and Postwar Japanese Documentary
An original examination of the postwar Japanese documentary
F Is for Phony
Fake Documentary and Truth’s Undoing
The first sustained critique of the mockumentary
The Subject of Documentary
Provides a historical and theoretical context for understanding the role of subjectivity in documentary filmmaking
Japanese Documentary Film
The Meiji Era through Hiroshima
The first English-language examination of this vital cinematic tradition
Nacho López, Mexican Photographer
Reveals the career of an influential but under-appreciated photojournalist
An American Family
A Televised Life
The first in-depth look at this pioneering "reality TV" documentary.
Wiping the War Paint off the Lens
Native American Film and Video
The first comprehensive exploration of Native American filmmaking and video production.
Women of Vision
Histories in Feminist Film and Video
Legends and rising stars of feminist film and video tell their stories.
States of Emergency
Documentaries, Wars, Democracies
A passionate argument for the importance of radical documentary and experimental filmmaking in the face of rapid technological and political change.
Feminism and Documentary
The first book of essays to explore the intersection of these two vital disciplines.
Home Movies and Other Necessary Fictions
A powerful and personal exploration of the line between truth and fiction, by a celebrated filmmaker.
Trespassing through Shadows
Memory, Photography, and the Holocaust
The first book to interpret the role of photography in current representations of the Holocaust.
Technologies of Truth
Cultural Citizenship and the Popular Media
Offers an original and refreshing discussion of the media’s effect on everyday culture.
Between the Sheets, In the Streets
Queer, Lesbian, Gay Documentary
The first book to focus on the connections between sexuality, activism, and documentary film.
Related News
Creative History: Engaging the work of Peter Forgacs
Feb 06, 2012
The International Documentary Association reviews CINEMA'S ALCHEMIST: THE FILMS OF PETER FORGACS, edited by Bill Nichols and Michael Renov.
The Life and Nothing Else
Jan 22, 2012
Review of Thomas Waugh's THE RIGHT TO PLAY ONESELF in Looking Back on Documentary Film.
The Fiction in Nonfiction: 'Recording Reality' Deconstructs Documentary Storytelling
Dec 14, 2011
Documentary Magazine reviews Elizabeth Cowie's RECORDING REALITY, DESIRING THE REAL.




