Johan Grimonprez – Against Documentary
1.Choose a title carefully, since it is the one of the primary framing devices. It should present itself purely as a description of the images contained in the work, but Continue Reading
Category: Documentary
Babakiueria
Here is a great example of satire of ethnography. Suggested by Isabella Normark. Pay attention to the word choices, the way the dialogues are written, the point of view, style Continue Reading
20 ethnographic and documentary films psychological anthropologists should be teaching.
20 Ethnographic and Documentary Films Psychological Anthropologists Should Be Teaching
Visual Ethnography – Statues Also Die, by Chris Marker & Alain Resnais (1953)
This collaborative film, banned for more than a decade by French censors as an attack on French colonialism (and now available only in shortened form), is a deeply felt study Continue Reading
The birth of documentary – Nanook of the North (1922)
Here is an article that describes some of the concepts and ideas behind the documentary Nanook of the North (1922) by Robert Flaherty who spent 2 years among the Inuit Continue Reading