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Sociology Through Documentary Film

This list was originally created by Jessie Daniels, PhD (Hunter College and The Graduate Center-CUNY).  Now that the list is a wiki, everyone is encouraged  to create a login, update and add to the list.   (except evil spammers - boo!) varennes.jpgHere's how to add documentaries to this list:

How things are organized here: 

  • The top-level of organization is that this list includes only documentary films not feature films (if you're not sure of the difference, read this).
  • Following that, the films are organized first by category (roughly these categories correspond to some of the key concepts within the field of sociology).  
  • Within each category, each sub-list of films is arranged from oldest to most recent.  If you add a film, please be sure to follow the organizational schema.
  • When possible, the information about each film that's listed includes the following:  1) the year it was released, 2) a hyperlink to additional information about the film (ideally, a link to where the film can be ordered) and, 3) the director listed.  If you add a film, please be sure to add this information.

The teaching part:


The Sociological Imagination

  • The Up Series (1964-2005). Directed by Michael Apted.  A sociological cross-section of children in England are interviewed about their hopes for the future.  The children are revisited every 7 years as they progress into adulthood.  Each film in the series is emotional and moving.  Currently concludes with 56 Up.
  • “56 Up” (2013) Directed by Michael Apted. 

 

Sociological Investigation / Research Methods / Research Ethics

 

Biography

Culture

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Crime/Criminal Justice System

 

Drugs: Addiction, Alcohol, Tobacco 

 

Drugs: Drug War

 

Ethnicity / Race

  • “True Colors.” (ABC, PrimeTime Live). Diane Sawyer and news crew stage what is basically a “matched study” experiment by pairing John, who is white, and Glen, who is black, and follow them with a series of hidden cameras with as they expose racism in a variety of settings.  Although old (early 1990s) and very short (just 19 minutes), if I could only show one film to a class about race in the U.S., I would choose this one. Available for purchase here.
  • "Grace Lee Project" (2005) Directed by Grace Lee.
  • Jessie Daniels maintains a separate, and more extensive, list of films about race and racism at RacismReview.
  • C.N. Le also maintains a separate and extensive list of documentaries about Asian Americans, organized by topic, at Asian-Nation.org
  • "Race: The Power of an Illusion" (2003) Directed by Larry Adelman.
  • "Moving Midway" (2008) Directed by Godfrey Cheshire.

 

Education

 

Family

 

Family: Adoption & Surrogacy

 

Food, Water & Energy Industry

 

 

Genocide / War / Human Rights

 

Globalization

 

Groups and Organizations

 

Health, Illness, Medicalization & the Business of Health Care

 

Immigration

 

Law & Society

 

Media & Internet

 

 

Politics

 

 

Religion

 

Social Movements / Community Organizing

 

 

Sexuality / Gender

 

 

Socialization

 

Social Networks

 

Self & Society

 

Social Stratification / Class Inequality

 

Urban/Suburban

 

Visual Sociology

 

Work / Occupations

 

Youth / Deviance

 

 


 

Help Getting Started Teaching with Documentaries

 

 

 

 

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