Documented American Fraud: Issue 3, Fall 2019

by Dr. Anna Faktorovich

This issue features four paintings, including the piece utilized as cover-art, by Nawwar Morelli (member of Latakia Plastic Artists). It also includes six essays from the Editor, Anna Faktorovich, in the first part, called "Fraud in American Documentaries", of a two-part "Theoretical Film Studies" project. The topics covered are: Walter Benjamin's annihilation of quality in mass cultural reproduction in Gasland Part II; Bernard Stiegler's "Star" in Steve Burrows' bleeding mother; Adorno and Horkheimer's "idiotic plot" and representations of Elizabeth Holmes' fraud; Slovoj Zizek's "subject's conception" and "death" in the tragic arc of Leaving Neverland; the fraudulent hoax of the "Banksy" art myth; and Luce Irigaray's "loss of identity" and female empowerment through a skiing legend. The collection concludes with a regular installment of film reviews by Susie Gharib.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 165021409X
• ISBN13: 9781650214092
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"