''Six O'Clock News'' is a 1996
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
by
Ross McElwee
Ross McElwee is an American documentary filmmaker known for his autobiographical films about his family and personal life, usually interwoven with an episodic journey that intersects with larger political or philosophical issues. His humorous an ...
about television news in the United States, the randomness of fate, the anxiety of parenting, and the difference between representation and reality.
The film is the subject of scholarly study.
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References
External links
Ross McElwee's web page
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1996 documentary films
1996 films
American documentary films
Documentary films about journalism
Films directed by Ross McElwee
Documentary films about television
1990s English-language films
1990s American films
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