Università Roma Tre

The course will follow a chronological path through the history of documentary film through some keywords. The historiographical path structured in a chronological way will be articulated through some thematic articulations concerning above all the ethical questions (representability or irrapresentability of some aspects of the real) in relation to the starting reality and the social actor, the performative and authorial issue of documentary cinema and the question of spectator reception. The chosen filmography follows an exemplary path both from the historical and thematic point of view. The second part of the class will be focused on the role of the voice in documentary cinema.
The course also includes some meetings with professionals in the documentary sector in order to put students directly in touch with the professions of cinema.

Bibliography:
Alma Mileto, La voce del reale. Il rapporto voce-immagine nel cinema documentario, Meltemi editore, collana "Cinema, arti e culture visive", 2023 (to be published).

Extra texts could be downloaded at the beginning of the class from Moodle.


Filmography:
Robert Flaherty, Nanook of the North (1922)
Joris Ivens, Regen (1929)

Stevan Riley, Listen to me Marlon (2015)