Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Convergence of Autobiography and Documentary: Historical Connections -- 2. David Holzman's Diary: An Unlikely Beginning -- 3. The Journal Entry Approach: Narrative, Chronology, and Autobiographical Claims -- 4. Autobiographical Portraiture: Family and Self -- 5. Women and the Autobiographical Documentary: Historical Intervention, Writing, Alterity, and the Dialogic Engagement -- Afterword -- Notes -- Filmography -- Works Cited -- Index.