Normal view
MARC view
Nonfiction films (Genre/Form Term)
Used for/see from:
- Non-fiction films
- Nonstory films
See also:
- Broader heading: Motion pictures
- Narrower heading: Actualities (Motion pictures)
- Narrower heading: City symphonies (Motion pictures)
- Narrower heading: Documentary films
- Narrower heading: Filmed performances
- Narrower heading: Instructional films
- Narrower heading: Newsreels
- Narrower heading: Promotional films
Lopez, D. Films by genre, c1993: (Nonfiction film (nonstory film): term stands in opposition to fiction or fiction film and serves to group together all films which are meant to be educational or informational; used for films of a documentary nature and for films which have scientific, industrial, or pratical use; another term is factual film, which in its most restrictive sense only deals with the presentation of facts)
Barnouw, E. Documentary : a history of the non-fiction film, 1993.
Garga, B.D. From Raj to Swaraj : the non-fiction film in India, 2007.
