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1) Describe the specifics of ethnographic documentaries. What are the arguments for and against exotic adventure films? Is it necessary for an ethnographic film to be a scientific tool?
2) Documentarians often have extended relationships with their subjects. How has this relationship been defined by ethnographic filmmakers, who work with subjects in very different cultures than their own?
3) What anticolonial practices can ethnographic documentary filmmakers employ in their films?
4) Describe the specifics of nature documentaries. What can prevent nature documentaries from having positive educational value? How have nature documentaries evolved over the decades? How does this reflect our changing understanding of our own relationship with the environment?
5) What are blue chip documentaries? Why do large-format IMAX films depend on these blue-chip assumptions? Is Winged Migration a blue chip documentary? Why or why not?
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