Week 14 - "The Thin Blue Line"

Reading: Nichols, Bill "What to Do About Documentary Distortion? Toward a Code of

Ethics" (emailed)

Week 13 - "The Act of Killing"

Reading: Morris, Errol "The Murders of Gonzago" (emailed)

Week 11 - "The Bridge"

Reading: "Borderline: Eric Steel's "The Bridge."" from Indiewire (Emailed.)
*Note: read the comments as well. Interesting stuff!

Week 8 - "Stevie"

Reading: Leeman, Lisa "How Close is too Close?" (emailed)

Week 7 - "American Promise"

Reading: Bershen, Wanda “A Question of Ethics: The Relationship Between Filmmaker and Subject” International Documentary Association (EMAILED)

Week 6 - "Titicut Follies"

Reading: Pryluck, Calvin "Ultimately We are All Outsiders" (emailed)

Jones, Therese  “Another Kind of DNR: Titicut Follies"

Week 4 & 5 - Civil Indigent & The Square

Reading for this week: Velvet Light Box - "The Role of Documentary in the Current American Political Scene" (emailed)

Week 3 - FahrenHYPE 9/11

Readings: Emerson, Jim "FahrenHYPE 9/11: Morris vs. Moore"

Optional Readings: Michael Moore Fahrenheit 9/11 fact sheets (emailed)

Week 2 - Fahrenheit 9/11

Readings: Steve Rosenbaum "Docuganda: Figuring Out the 'Fahrenheit' Phenomenon"

Optional: Mary Dalton "Adored and Abhorred: Michael Moore, Capitalism and Subjectivity in Documentary"

Week 1 - Saving Face

Readings: "Honest Truths: Documentary Filmmakers on Ethical Challenges in Their Work" by American University Center for Social Media