Contemporary Documentary includes chapters on some of the best known mainstream documentary producers and directors of the twenty first century. It also includes chapters on recent innovations and different ways of studying the genre, including a chapter on crowdsourced films consisting of interviews with producers, a chapter on video activism concentrating on questions of distribution and exhibition, and a chapter on web-based documentaries. The editors situate this contemporary work within the history of documentary, and within industrial, political, and technological contexts. Each chapter will also include a reading list for further study and images to illustrate the films discussed.