Political Camerawork

Documentary and the Lasting Impact of Reenacting Historical Trauma

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de D. Andy Rice

Type

Studies

Sujet

Genre > Documentary

Mots Clés

documentary, historical films, social aspects

Année d'édition

2023

Editeur

Indiana University Press

Langue

anglais

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Format

Hardcover • 266 pages
6 x 9 inches (15.5 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-0-253-06591-9

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Description de l'ouvrage:
What mental and physical distress do actors, camerapersons, and reporters experience when working on reenactments of traumatic moments in history?

In Political Camerawork, D. Andy Rice theorizes that the intense feelings produced while creating these performed scenarios, called "simulation documentaries," connect difficult pasts to the present. Building on his background as a nonfiction film director, producer, editor, and cinematographer, Rice analyzes performance techniques to gain insight into the emotional toll of simulation documentaries, including those reliving the Vietnam War, the US military's embodied training in California during the Iraq War, and an annual quadruple lynching reenactment organized by Black civil rights activists in Georgia.

Investigating the lasting impact of these productions, Political Camerawork reveals that, by performing a simulation of a traumatic event they didn't directly experience, those involved become carriers of the trauma.

À propos de l'auteur :
D. Andy Rice is Assistant Professor of Film Studies and Media and Communication in the Department of Media, Journalism & Film at Miami University in Ohio. He has written for venues including the Journal of Film and Video, JumpCut, The Scholar and Feminist Online, and Senses of Cinema. He also co-produced, shot, and edited the award-winning historical documentary Spirits of Rebellion: Black Independent Cinema from Los Angeles on the LA Rebellion film movement.

Revue de Presse:
"An innovative contribution to media studies that explores the embodied experiences of both performers and camerapersons filming war reenactments, military training simulations, and an annual lynching reenactment."
-Wendy Kozol, author of Distant Wars Visible: The Ambivalence of Witnessing

"A unique take on the ways in which cultural memories are produced and expressed."
-Patricia Davis, author of Laying Claim: African American Cultural Memory and Southern Identity

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