Discusses the moral and ethical aspects of documentary film from the prospective of both filmmakers and the public. (MH)

Explores the ethical dimensions of documentary filmmaking by reviewing current documentary practice, analogous issues in the social sciences, and the "right of personality." (MH)

Discusses T. S. Elliot's essay, "The Three Voices of Poetry" which conceptualizes the position taken by the poet or creator. Suggests that an examination of documentary film, within the three voices concept, expands the critical framework of the film genre. (MH)

Investigates the ethical dimension that separates films that purport to deal with actualities from other types of cinema. (MH)

Discusses the dynamics of the Bantu Kinema Educational Experiment as a small group filmmaking process and examines the documentary ideal of the subject-generated film or videotape. (MH)

Notes those films most frequently used in documentary film courses and suggests that some type of film study guide focusing on these specific films be developed. (MH)

Defines the concept of reflexivity as the structuring of a product in such a way that an audience assumes that the producer, the process of making, and the product are all part of a coherent whole, and contends that an audience needs to be made aware of these relationships. (MH)

Follows the evolution of the docudrama as a blend of fact and fiction, dramatizing events and people in recent history. Examines and characterizes the antecedents of this form, and explores the docudrama's role as a catalyst for social awareness and its potential problems related to ethical and legal precedents. (JMF)