{"product_id":"stories-make-the-world-reflections-on-storytelling-and-the-art-of-the-documentary-9781785335754","title":"Stories Make the World: Reflections on","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tSince the beginning of human history, stories have helped people make sense of their lives and their world. Today, an understanding of storytelling is invaluable as we seek to orient ourselves within a flood of raw information and an unprecedented variety of supposedly true accounts. In \u003cem\u003eStories Make the World\u003c\/em\u003e, award-winning screenwriter Stephen Most offers a captivating, refreshingly heartfelt exploration of how documentary filmmakers and other storytellers come to understand their subjects and cast light on the world through their art. Drawing on the author’s decades of experience behind the scenes of television and film documentaries, this is an indispensable account of the principles and paradoxes that attend the quest to represent reality truthfully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Stephen Most… offers an array of information, advice and a rich account of what developing and writing documentary scripts can imply. The book engages the professional and the media student equally, as Most conveys the complexity  of storytelling with an unprecedented variety of examples drawn from his Academy Award Nominee  films and Emmy-winning collaborations… A book that leaves the reader breathless, it interweaves the author’s personal experience and documentary case studies to excellent effect.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• The Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Filled with fascinating detail and insight into a very broad range of storytelling,\u003c\/em\u003e Stories Make the World \u003cem\u003eis an important addition to the books on documentaries and on storytelling in general. It will be very valuable for all students and makers of documentary films and for everyone who cares about the power of documentary to tell dramatic stories and to enhance our understanding of the world.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Eat Drink Films\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eStories Make the World \u003cem\u003eis an insightful look into the craft of documentary filmmaking that should be required reading for media students. Story and honesty are needed now more than ever in an era of ‘fake news,’ half-truths, and technical virtuosity.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• John de Graaf\u003c\/strong\u003e, Director of \u003cem\u003eAffluenza\u003c\/em\u003e and fifteen other national PBS documentaries\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Stephen Most’s take on nonfiction storytelling is unique, compelling, and wonderfully expressed.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Alexa Dilworth\u003c\/strong\u003e, Publishing Director and Senior Editor, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This outstanding book interweaves its author’s personal experiences and documentary case studies to excellent effect. Students, teachers, filmmakers, and other storytellers will find it an engaging and informative resource.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Maggie Stogner\u003c\/strong\u003e, American University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: STORYTELLERS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPedro Azabache\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEduardo Calderón\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tErik H. Erikson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tGinetta Sagan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tHannah Arendt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: BEGINNINGS AND ENDS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAchilles' Shield\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFire in the Cave\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTheater of History\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: THE NATURAL WORLD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tOn the Interstellarnet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe View from the Sierra Madre\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tUpstream, Downstream\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART IV: THE HUMAN WORLD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tImagining Freedom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLand of Plenty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFields of Centers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThrough the Wall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART V: THE ANTHROPOCENE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tBaked Alaska\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSounds of a Changing Planet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Rim of the World\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tSelected Filmography\u003cbr\u003e \tNotes and Sources\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042397880663,"sku":"9781785335754","price":99.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785335754.jpg?v=1750954032","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/stories-make-the-world-reflections-on-storytelling-and-the-art-of-the-documentary-9781785335754","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}