This course examines the evolution-from the Lumiere brothers in 1895-of non-fiction filmmaking by historical period and national school, with emphasis on the work of such masters as Flaherty, Ivens, Grierson, and Wiseman, and on such "schools" as the National Film Board of Canada. Special attention to the documentary mode, its relationship to still photography, the analysis of cinematic form, and the influence of anthropology, war, propaganda, and television upon the medium of film as an art form. Secondary consideration of experimental, avant-garde, or independent film, especially the work of Canadian animators like Norman McLaren. Class format: screenings in addition to class meetings. Requirements: lectures, discussions, choice of afternoon or evening screening session, obligatory overnight field trip to Film Board in Montreal, oral reports, occasional formal exercises and essays. Open to sophomores.