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Screen documentary has experienced a marked rise in visibility and popularity in recent years. What are the reasons for the so-called 'boom' in documentaries at the cinema? How has television documentary met the challenge of new formats? And how do audiences engage with documentaries on screen? Watching the world extends the reach of documentary studies by investigating recent instances of screen documentary and the uses made of them by audiences. The book focuses on the interfaces between textual mechanisms, promotional tactics, and audiences' viewing strategies. Key topics of inquiry are: fi

Documentary films --- Documentary television programs --- Documentaries, Television --- Documentary programs, Television --- Telementaries --- Television documentaries --- Television documentary programs --- Documentary mass media --- Nonfiction television programs --- Documentaries, Motion picture --- Documentary videos --- Factual films --- Motion picture documentaries --- Moving-pictures, Documentary --- Nonfiction films --- Actualities (Motion pictures) --- History and criticism. --- Capturing the Friedmans. --- Etre et Avoir. --- Paradise Lost. --- Touching the Void. --- audiences. --- cinema. --- documentaries. --- promotional tactics. --- textual mechanisms. --- viewing strategies.