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The Nonfiction Trend in Television October 2000

We take a look at "Voyeur TV"—hurtling through broadcasting markets, breaking viewer records and causing critics everywhere to ponder its greater meaning.

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Features

  • Hidden Cameras and Human Behavior—An Interview with Allen Funt

    Editor’s note: Every so often, one happens upon...
    By Harrison Engle
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  • Chips Off the Ol' Doc: The Spawn of Candid Camera

    Editor’s note: I had a chance to talk with...
    By Tom White
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  • Docu-Demia: Film Scholars Michael Renov and Jane Gaines Present ‘Visible Evidence of the Nonfiction Culture Part II

    Created in connection with an annual conference...
    By Mark Harris Guest
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  • The British Invasion: Big Brother 's Big Brother

    Media historians will look back on 2000 as the...
    By Carol Nahra
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  • Real Player: The Gantz Brothers Bring Reality to the Web

    When Taxicab Confessions premiered on HBO in 1995...
    By Jason Lyon
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  • Hot Docs and the Toronto Documentary Forum

    The year 2000 saw Toronto’s Hot Docs Film...
    By Betsy McLane
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  • A Tale of Two Festivals: Visions Du Réel & Sunny Side of the Doc

    The two events could not be more different...
    By Henry Lewes
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