Bill Nichols outlines how we can analyse documentaries to determine how they differ from other kinds of films. He refers to different angles of analysis, including institutions, practitioners, texts...

Bill Nichols outlines how we can analyse documentaries to determine how they differ from other kinds of films. He refers to different angles of analysis, including institutions, practitioners, texts (films and videos), and audience (22). Choose two of these and deploy them in an analysis of The Gleaners and I.Stephen Crofts proposes nine factors that form part of analyses of national cinemas (386-389). Choose two of these and use them to analyse the relationship between Lucky Miles (Michael James Rowland, 2007) and an Australian national cinema.