What is the difference between ethnographic film and documentary film? What types of documentary film stand up to social scientific scrutiny? In this episode of Off the Shelf we'll answer these questions and more, focusing on the history of both modes of filmmaking and several theoretical approaches to these questions that academics often use in visual anthropology and film studies. The host, Alexander K. Smith, holds an MA from Oxford University and a PhD from the University of Paris (EPHE -- PSL).
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:22 The documentary genre
4:00 Defining ethnographic film
6:45 Conclusion
