Documentary Testimonies: Global Archives of Suffering

by Janet Walker and Bhaskar Sarkar

Book Overview

Documentary Testimonies examines documentary films that compel us to bear witness, move us to anger or tears, and possibly mobilize us to action.

Comprising ten new essays and a substantive introduction, this interdisciplinary volume examines audiovisual testimonial practices, forms, and institutions. Topics include: technologies of capture, storage and circulation; problems of historical veracity/frail memory; generation of video archives--official,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415996635
• ISBN13: 9780415996631
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"