On Sat, 21 Mar 1998, Helio Godoy wrote:
 
> I am developing my Doctorate Thesis on Documentary, Reality and Semiosis: the
> documentary as an Instrument to knowledge about reality.
>
> I am looking for a place were I could discuss some ideas on documentary method
> and the search of reality.
 
You might consider the Film-Philosophy mailing list.  A lively debate (to
put it mildly) over Carl Plantinga's 1997 book _Rhetoric and
Representation in Nonfiction Film_ is currently taking place there.
Check out the list's website for more information:
 
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/film-philosophy/
 
--Marty Norden
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