This module examines key debates and issues in the study of documentary media and the audio-visual representation of ‘truth’. It introduces students a variety of remarkable and sometimes rare documentary texts from around the world and explores the central purposes, forms and approaches employed by those making documentary texts throughout its history. The module also explores how documentary represents the “real world”, and the ethics, politics, and power in documentary notions of “truth”. The course also helps students develops skills in how documentary form and content can be analysed and learn how to apply key concepts to their own creative projects.