"TV DOCUMENTARIES DO COUNT: 'SEPARATED' BY ERROL MORRIS"
Documentary films made specifically for television broadcast have become not only accepted but also respected since the early 1960s. Similarly, the directors who make these motion pictures have been highly admired as contributing to the art of cinema. Frederick Wiseman's works about significant American institutions, like mental hospitals and high schools, are still honored after more than 60 years as are Wisemen's more recent documentaries. Films by the Maysles brothers about cultural icons like The Rolling Stones ( " Gimme Shelter " ) continue to dominate our TV legacy. Ken Burns fills public TV with stories of American history, like the Civil War and the game of baseball. Another documentarian, Errol Morris, is not as well-known. Yet his latest movie, " Separated, " is headed to become very salient in today's political landscape. Its style is a combination of both non-fiction ( int...