In this Issue

Table of Contents

Introduction

pp. 1-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0017
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Q & A: Poetics of the Documentary Film Interview

Leger Grindon
pp. 4-12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0014
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Contemporary Documentary Film and "Archive Fever": History, the Fragment, the Joke

Jaimie Baron
pp. 13-24
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0010
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Documentary Stories for Change: Viewing and Producing Immigrant Narratives as Social Documents

Alicia Kemmitt
pp. 25-36
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0018
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"Gangs Gone Wild": Low-Budget Gang Documentaries and the Aesthetics of Exploitation

Colin Gunckel
pp. 37-46
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0015
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Familial Pursuits, Editorial Acts: Documentaries after the Age of Home Video

Marsha Orgeron, Devin Orgeron
pp. 47-62
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0023
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Comedy Verité? The Observational Documentary Meets the Televisual Sitcom

Ethan Thompson
pp. 63-72
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0027
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Darfur Diaries: An Interview with Jen Marlowe and Adam Shapiro

Matt Sienkiewicz, Rachel Bicicchi, Jen Marlowe, Adam Shapiro
pp. 73-78
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0026
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Dossier

The Role of Documentary in the Contemporary American Political Scene

David Resha, Mark Minett, Charlie Michael, Colin Burnett
p. 79
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0024
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The Not So Good Old Days

Michael Curtin
pp. 79-80
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0013
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[no title]

Jeanne Lynn Hall
pp. 80-82
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0016
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The Politics of Distribution

Ben Levin
pp. 82-83
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0019
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Randolph Lewis
pp. 83-84
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0020
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The Measure of Success for Documentaries in U.S. Political Scene 2007

Betsy A. McLane
pp. 84-85
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0021
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What Current Documentaries Do and Can't Do

Bill Nichols
pp. 85-86
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0022
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Diane Waldman
pp. 86-87
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0028
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Moving Testimonies: Documentary, "Truth," and Reconciliation

Janet Walker
pp. 87-88
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0029
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Documentaries and Scenarios

Jerry White
pp. 88-90
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0030
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Book Reviews

Mexican Movies in the United States: A History of the Films, Theaters, and Audiences, 1920-1960 (review)

Andrea Comiskey
pp. 91-93
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0011
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The Wow Climax: Tracing the Emotional Impact of Popular Culture (review)

Josh Shepperd
pp. 94-96
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0025
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Contributors

Contributors

p. ii
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/vlt.2007.0012
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