Recent SemestersSpring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022Class SizeNot publishedCredits3 Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionESL 188 Examination of international history of documentary film from the 1890s to the present. The development of film technology, aesthet- ics, and genre are covered from proto-documentary films of the late 19th century to the digital cinema of the modern era. Topics include Soviet documentary, ethnographic film, cinema v�rit�, Direct Cinema, experimental documentary, and political nonfiction cinema. UC/CSU 