cops vs. chronicle of summer: comparison of both works in their attempt to exhibit a faithful ethnographic showcase of a specific social context. inquiry on the relationship between filmic visual truth and the human hand.

the searchers: systematic analysis of two scenes to exemplify ford's use of micro-details of a shot/scene to reveal the macro-totality of the film. exploration of his purely pereptual visual strategies (independent from expository dialogue or expressionism) to establish the drama and fundamental forces that drive the film and its characters.

punishment park: study of the construction of authenticity in "punishment park" acheived not through the relatable veracity of content but by the systematic practice and expression of formal documentary trope and techniques. it also explores the change in cinematic signification due to technological advancements in audio recording and how this film has established a new paradigm for authenticity in current reality television programming.

antonio das mortes: interpretation on how rocha rejects the alien universalization of films by establishing a revolutionary aesthetic, and creating a unique Brazilian national cinema spoken not through conventional formulas or theoretical concepts but through a native and innate epistemological experience.