I apologize to you all if this is redundant or off base--I've been away from SCREEN-L for a week or so and am just now able to re-subscribe. I gather that a question was raised about readings in documentary, and would like to throw in my own immodest two cents' worth-- Two fairly recent books on documentary I've been involved with take up the problems of production/distribution/litigation on the one hand and rhetoric/reading/response on the other (and try to relate the two sets of issues). The books are -- Tom Benson and Carolyn Anderson, REALITY FICTIONS: THE FILMS OF FREDERICK WISEMAN (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1989). Carolyn Anderson and Tom Benson, DOCUMENTARY DILEMMAS: FREDERICK WISEMAN'S 'TITICUT FOLLIES.' (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1991). [this updates the story of TITICUT FOLLIES from the 1989 book]. The bibliographies and notes in these books give many references to the contemporary scholarship in documentary. Tom Benson Penn State