Nanook of the North. Robert Flaherty, USA, 1922 (67 min)
Moana : a romance of the golden age. Robert Flaherty, USA, 1925 ( 67 min.)

In the land of war canoes: Kwakiutl Indian life on the Northwest coast
Edward S. Curtis, Canada, 1914 (47 min.)
Grass: a nation's battle for life. Merian C. Cooper, USA, Paramount Pictures, 1925 (70 min.)

Compilation Documentary

Fall of the Romanov Dynasty. Esther Shub, USSR, 1927 (90 min)

Thanksgiving - no class

Poetic Documentary

Berlin, Symphony of a City. Walter Ruttman, Germany, 1927 (60 min)
The Bridge. Joris Ivens, Holland, 1928 (11 min)
A Propos de Nice. Jean Vigo, France, 1929/30 (15 min)
Rain. Joris Ivens, Holland, 1931 (14 min)

Man With a Movie Camera. Dziga Vertov, USSR, 1929 (67 min).

Introducing John Grierson

Rien que les heures. Alberto Cavalcanti, 1926. (40 min)
Drifters. John Grierson, GB, 1929 (60 min)

Grierson and Realism

Industrial Britain. John Grierson/Robert Flaherty, GB, 1931-33 (22 min.)
Housing Problems. Arthur Elton/Edgar Anstey,GB, 1935 (15 min)
Song of Ceylon. Basil Wright, GB, 1934 (40 min)
Night Mail. Basil Wright, GB, 1936 (25 min)

The Name Grierson, The Word Documentary. James Willson/BBC, 1973 (50 min)

Robert Flaherty

Man of Aran. Robert Flaherty, GB, 1934 (73 min)
How the Myth Was Made. George Stoney, USA.

Spectacle

Triumph of the Will. Leni Riefenstahl, Germany, 1935 (100min).

Committed Documentary

Land Without Bread. Luis Bunuel, Spain, 1932 (26 min)
The River. Pare Lorentz, USA, 1937 (32 min)
The Spanish Earth. Joris Ivens, Spain, 1937 (40 min)

"Diving Sequence" and "Marathon Sequence" Olympiad. Leni Reifenstahl, Germany, 1936 (5 min. & 14 min)
The Plow That Broke the Plains. Pare Lorentz, USA, 1936 (28 min.)

Charlie Keil, "American Documentary Finds its Voice: Persuasion and Expression in The Plow that Broke the Plains and The City," Documenting the Documentary, 119-135.

Post WWII

La Sang des Betes (Blood of the Beasts). Georges Franju, France, 1949 (22 min)
Hotel des Invalides. Georges Franju, France, 1953 (23 min)
Night and Fog. Alain Resnais, France, 1955 (31 min)

NFB and the Beginnings of Contemporary Documentary

City of Gold. Colin Low/Roman Kroitor, Canada, 1957 (22 min)
Les Raquetteurs. Michel Brault/Gilles Groulx, Canada, 1958 (15 min)
Circle of the Sun. Colin Low, 1960 (28 min.)
Lonely Boy. Roman Kroitor, Canada, 1961 (27 min).
Very Nice, Very Nice. Arthur Lipsett, 1961 (7 min.)

Cinema Verite

Don’t Look Back. D.A. Pennebaker/Richard Leacock, USA, 1966 (90 min)

Reality Fiction

Titicut Follies. Fred Wiseman, USA, 1967 (90 min).

Actuality Drama

The Married Couple. Allan King, Canada, 1970 (90 min)

Beyond Observational Cinema

Harlan County, U.S.A. Barbara Kopple, USA, 1976 (90 min).

Post-Verite

Daughter-Rite. Michelle Citron, USA, 1978 (50 min)
Our Marilyn. Brenda Longfellow, Canada, 1987 (27 min.)

The Cinematic Essay

Sans Soleil. Chris Marker, France, 1982 (100 min.)

Cultural Encounters

Incident at Restigouche. Alanis Obomsawin, Canada, 1984 (46 min)
Women in the Shadows. Christine Welsh, Canada, 1991 (56 min)
Home Feeling. Jennifer Hodge, Canada, 1984 (40 min)

Cultural Identity and Cinematic Representation

Nice Coloured Girls. Tracey Moffat, Australia, 1987 (26 min)
The Body Beautiful. Ngozi Onwurah, GB, 1991 (30 min)
Handsworth Songs. Black Audio Film Collective, GB, 1986 (58 min)

The Burden of Representation

Looking for Langston. Isaac Julien, GB, 1988 (45 min)
Tongues Untied. Marlon Riggs, USA, 1989 (55 min)

Personal Documentary

The Gleaners and I. Agnes Varda, France, 2000 (82 min.)

I, Curmudgeon. Alan Zweig, Canada, 2004