Like others of his generation, Mr. Doherty favors a political art that fuses aspects of 1970's Conceptualism, 80's pictures art and straightforward documentary.

The rather straightforward documentary, recording the ritual ceremonies of Candomble, has been supplemented in post-production editing with devices such as split screens and formal titles.

Ultimately, his project is not so compelling as art that you wouldn't prefer a straightforward documentary about the history and workings of the amazing sewer system.

"Burning Questions: The Poisoning of America" is a straightforward, forceful and only too timely documentary for the torrid, dry and dirty summer of '88.

Tonight's opening video is a straightforward documentary by Paul Alexander Juutilainen, "Herbert's Hippopotamus," which recalls the Marxist philosopher Herbert Marcuse's days teaching at the University of California at San Diego in the 1960's.

"Oglala" is a straightforward and convincing documentary, which examines the case of Leonard Peltier, an American Indian who has been in prison for 16 years for the murder of two F.B.I agents.

Using a combination of video taken for Brazilian television and ex post facto talking-head interviews, the filmmakers have made a deceptively straightforward documentary that has the force of tragedy and the depth of first-rate investigative journalism.

As a straightforward documentary of Hecht's life, however, Mr. MacAdams's book is perfectly readable.

The likable, straightforward documentary follows Mr. Ockersen from the Netherlands to the United States as he tracks down and eventually meets his idol in the Roy Rogers Museum in Victorville, Calif.

Part Two In contrast to the straightforward documentary of the first part of the book, in part two Orwell discusses the relevance of socialism to improving living conditions.