Avant-Doc: Intersections of Documentary and Avant-Garde Cinema

Over the past fifty years, a unique hybrid genre of nonfiction cinema called the "avant-doc" has emerged in the world of independent film. Combining the unconventional techniques of avant-garde auteurs like Stan Brakhage with the verisimilitude of traditional documentaries, the avant-doc expands the way cinema captures and chronicles events. Drawing on firsthand interviews with nineteen of the form's chief practitioners and participants, Avant-Doc constructs an oral history that provides the first insider's perspective on the phenomenon.

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• ISBN: 9780199388714
• Number of pages: 472
• Weight: 635g
• Dimensions: 160 x 234 x 23 mm