Screening Reality: How Documentary Filmmakers Reimagined America

“A towering achievement, and a volume I know I'll be consulting on a regular basis.”-Leonard Maltin

"Authoritative, accessible, and elegantly written, Screening Reality is the history of American documentary film we have been waiting for." --Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times film critic

From Edison to IMAX, Ken Burns to virtual environments, the first comprehensive history of American documentary film and the remarkable men and women who changed the way we view the world.

Amidst claims of a new...