- Documentary News Letter
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The Documentary News Letter was a magazine about documentary film founded by film-maker John Grierson.[1] It featured editorials and film reviews written by members of the Documentary Film Movement. Film-maker and historian Basil Wright claimed it was influential during the Second World War, having an impact on the Ministry of Information's approach to film propaganda.[2] In its reviews, the Documentary News Letter was particularly critical of films which it considered "inauthentic",[3] notably films directed by Humphrey Jennings.[4]
References
- ^ Ellis, Jack C. (2005). A New History of Documentary Film. Continuum. pp. 61–62.
- ^ Chapman, James (1998). The British at War: Cinema, State, and Propaganda, 1939-1945. I.B. Tauris.
- ^ Aldgate, Anthony; Richards, Jeffrey (2007). Britain Can Take It: British Cinema in the Second World War. I.B. Tauris. p. 329.
- ^ Aldgate and Richards, Britain Can Take It, p. 241.
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