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This is the WBZ book Club.
I'm Jordan Rich. Documentary filmmaking is still

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reaching its stride, with hundreds of
well produced docs streaming every single year.

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A good way to understand the history
of the documentary is by taking a look

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at a book called Screening Reality.
Our documentary Filmmakers Reimagined America by an Emy

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winning filmmaker himself, John Wilkman.
The earliest known documentaries try the eighteen eighties.

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Film audiences early on wanted a glimpse
of the real world, so the

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book traces the rise of the famous
newsreels short films recording events such as Limberg's

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landing or women marching in Washington for
the right to vote. Groundbreaking documentary served

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as a means to educate the public
early on, and then it's on too.

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World War Two, with the United
States Army tagged some of Hollywood's best

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directors, such as Frank Kapper,
to produced documentaries to rally Americans around the

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fight for freedom. TV brought such
documentary series as See It Now, Frontline,

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the work of Ken Burns, and
a whole host of great programs on

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PBS. Screening Reality by John Wilkman, The Book Club WWZ Boston's news radio