Taking the Long View

A Study of Longitudinal Documentary

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by Richard Kilborn

Type

Studies

Subject

Genre > Documentary

Keywords

documentary, television

Publishing date

2010

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 224 pages
5 ¾ x 9 inches (14.5 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7190-7864-4

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Book Presentation:
Taking the Long View is a study of documentary series such as Michael Apted's world-famous Seven Up films that set out to trace the life-journeys of individuals from their earliest schooldays till they are fully grown adults, often with children of their own. In addition to Seven Up, the book provides extended accounts of the two other best known longitudinal series to have been produced in the last three or four decades: Winifred and Barbara Junge's The Children of Golzow and Swedish director Rainer Hartleb's The Children of Jordbrö. Long docs have been an especially popular form of documentary with TV and cinema audiences and the book seeks to throw light on the nature of their appeal.

About the Author:
Richard Kilborn is Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at the University of Stirling

See the publisher website: Manchester University Press