Radical documentary and global crises : militant evidence in the digital age / Ryan Watson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watson, Ryan, author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Documentary films--History and criticism.

Documentary films.

Documentary mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 239 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"When independent filmmakers document the struggle for rights, representation, and revolution, they weaponize film by advocating for a particular outcome. Ryan Watson calls this "militant evidence." In Radical Documentary and Global Crises, Watson centers the discussion on extreme conflict, such as the Iraq War, the occupation of Palestine, the war in Syria, mass incarceration in the United States, and child soldier conscription in the Congo. Under these conditions, filmmakers aspire to document, archive, witness, and testify, resulting in a set of practices that turn documentary media toward a commitment to feature the people living through the terror. To achieve this level of truth-telling, militant evidence combines previously collected work with new digitally archived images, stories, and testimonials to impact specific social and political situations. Radical Documentary and Global Crises reveals that to understand what a documentary is, how it functions, how it circulates, and how its effect is measured, filmmakers must accept that militant evidence has the power to expose, to amass, and to adjudicate"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Radical documentary, global crises, and militant evidence

Digital active witnesses and the limits of visible evidence

Prisons, Palestine, and interactive documentary

Amateur counterarchives in Iraq

Syria and Abounaddara

Conclusion: Militant evidence and the future of radical documentary.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-253-05800-7

0-253-05802-3

OCLC:

1249715640