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Introduction -- From Reconstruction To Observation: A History Of Documentary 1895-1995 -- New Attitudes To Documentary -- The Changing Technologies Of Documentary Filmmaking -- Performance And Self-revelation -- Documentary Filming As Personal Interaction -- Editing, Narrative And Separation -- The Changing Technologies Of Documentary Editing -- Slow Film -- The Eventual Viewer -- Ambivalent Feelings About Photography And Recording -- Witness And Watching -- Ethics, Interpretation And The New Viewer -- Conclusion. John Ellis. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.