The Great Sports Documentaries

100+ Award Winning Films

Michael Peters (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

210 Seiten

2017
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6959-5 (ISBN)

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Sports and competition have been film subjects since the dawn of the medium. This volume surveys the history of the sports documentary subgenre, covering more than 100 award-winning films of more than 40 different forms of competition - from traditional team sports to dogsled racing to ballroom dancing.

Sports and competition have been film subjects since the dawn of the medium. Olympic sports documentaries have been around nearly as long as the games themselves; films about surfing, boxing, roller derby, motorcycle racing and bodybuilding were theatrical successes during the 1960s and 1970s.

The author surveys the history of the sports documentary subgenre, covering more than 100 award-winning films of 40+ different competitions, from traditional team sports to dogsled racing to ballroom dancing.

Michael Peters works in the education field and lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Filmography

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	16.03.2018
Zusatzinfo	19 photos, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	277 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4766-6959-7 / 1476669597
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6959-5 / 9781476669595
Zustand	Neuware