Eat the Document is a documentary film of Bob Dylan's 1966 British tourwith The Hawks . It was directed by Bob Dylan and recorded by D. A. Pennebaker , who had previously worked with the musician on the documentary Don't Look Back , about the 1965 British tour. It was commissioned by the American television network ABC for the series Stage '66 . Dylan himself, along with Howard Alk and Robert Robertson of The Band , would edit the film.