Book review: S. A. Chatterji,Filming Reality: The Independent Documentary Movement in India,K. P. Jayasankar & A. Monteiro,A Fly in the Curry: Independent Documentary Film in India and A. Sharma,Documentary Films in India: Critical Aesthetics at Work
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Book review: S. A. Chatterji,Filming Reality: The Independent Documentary Movement in India,K. P. Jayasankar & A. Monteiro,A Fly in the Curry: Independent Documentary Film in India and A. Sharma,Documentary Films in India: Critical Aesthetics at Work
S. A. Chatterji, Filming Reality: The Independent Documentary Movement in India. SAGE Publications, 2015, 320 pp., $59.99.
K. P. Jayasankar & A. Monteiro, A Fly in the Curry: Independent Documentary Film in India. SAGE Publications, 2016, 276 pp., $54.99.
A. Sharma, Documentary Films in India: Critical Aesthetics at Work. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, XIII, 276 pp., 41.59€.
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