Murray Levine (French, U. of Virginia) traces the rise of nonfiction educational film in France during the 1920s, and the impact of the new genre on society. Film historians assert that the
overall contribution of France to the development of documentary film was negligible before World War II, but she argues that the interwar examples were in fact of great importance then and
remain of great interest now. Her topics include truth peddling, educational film in rural France, educational film in the French colonies, filming the French regions, filming colonial France,
and the Vichy propaganda machine. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
