1. 1920’s Experimentation: Dada and Surrealism A Young girl commits suicide. Because of What? DADA The spirits are telephoned. Who invented it? DADA Someone walks on your feet. It's DADA If you have serious ideas about life, If you make artistic discoveries and if all of a sudden your head begins to crackle with laughter, If you find all your ideas useless and ridiculous, know that IT IS DADA BEGINNING TO SPEAK TO YOU

2. DADA & SURREALISM

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4. 1920’s Experimentation

5. British Documentary Movement John Grierson

6. The Great Depression Dorothea Lange Ben Shahn Walker Evans

7. Documenting the Depression Pare Lorentz Paul Strand

8. Documentaries go to War: Britain Humphrey Jennings

9. Documentaries go to War: Spanish Civil War Ernest Hemingway & Joris Ivens

10. Documentaries go to War: Germany

11. Documentaries go to War: US Frank Capra 1.To foster a firm belief in the right for which we fight. 2.To foster a realization that we are up against a tough job. 3.To initiate a determined confidence in our own ability and the ability of our comrades and leaders to do the job that has to be done 4.To instill a feeling of confidence, insofar as is possible under the circumstances, in the integrity and fighting ability of our allies 5.To create resentment, based on knowledge of the facts, against our enemies who have made it necessary for us to fight 6.To foster a belief that through military victory, the political achievement of a better world order is possible.

12. Post-War Documentary Edward R. Murrow Italian Neo-Realism British Free Cinema

13. Jean Rouch Al & Dave Maysles Fred Wiseman Robert Drew Cinema Verite / Direct Cinema Ricky Leacock

14. War in Vietnam 1965 to 1968 —Escalation of the war; mass protests at home. 1968 —Tet Offensive; US embassy compound in Saigon seized by NLF 1968 —Lyndon Johnson declines to run another term; Nixon elected. "The greatest honor history can bestow is the tittle of 'peacemaker'... after a period of confrontation we are entering an era of negotiation." 1969—Draft lottery instituted 1969-72 —“Vietnamization program: gradual withdrawal of US troops; military aid to South Vietnam. US invasion of Cambodia and Laos; renewed bombing of North; mass protests at home. 23 Jan 73 - President Nixon announced an agreement "to end the war and bring peace with honor in Vietnam and S.E. Asia."

15. Feminist Documentary: Reclaiming History