Documentary Research Papers - Academia.edu (original) (raw)

ABSTRACT: G. D. Mumford list of 260+ dvd documentaries as supplementary aids for teaching courses/topics spanning Prehistory, historical times, and diverse cultures, societies, and regions across the globe (e.g., Ice Age; Egypt; Aegean; Anatolia; Syria-Palestine; Arabia; Persia; sub-Saharan Africa; Rome; Celts; Vikings; India; China; Japan; Easter Island; Inca; Maya; Aztecs; North America). This list is arranged by cultures/societies, periods, and regions and is updated periodically. Some of the listed documentaries still await viewing and instructor rating (I tend to place the best, or most appropriate, documentaries for viewing in-class [see separate pdf documentary response question sheets and web-links in my academia course folders]). The listed documentaries also encompass various documentary producers and commercially available programs on past civilizations: Acorn Media, Allegro, Ambrose, Athena, BBC, Cinema Epoch, DeAgostini, Discovery, EVN, GoodTimes DvD, History Channel, Koch Vision, Kultur/Cromwell, Monterey, National Geographic, NOVA, PBS, TimeLife, TLC, and Washington National Gallery of Art. In general, BBC and NOVA programs tend to represent the highest quality, but many of the other production companies have produced quite good programs as well (any/all other recommendations are very welcome). Please note: Even the "best" documentaries contain inaccuracies/errors, especially from non-specialist narrators and/or presenters, but otherwise many undergraduate students appear to appreciate documentary viewings as a generally effective, supplemental media (either in-class or as an online assignment) for providing students with illustrations/footage of various sites, periods, issues, specialists (usually via on-screen interviews), and different view points in an otherwise static classroom/lecture setting (UPDATED: Dec. 30, 2014).