[Frameworks] Documentaries-diaries-essays or video/film installations that play with truth or cinema theory

[Samirah Alkassim]

There are a plethora of doc films that engage strategies that do this, but
the writings of Bill Nichols and Stella Bruzzi on performative doc are
really important for this discussion.

Check out New Documentary (latest edition) by Stella Bruzzi.

On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 6:13 PM Morgan Hoyle-Combs <mhoylecombs at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Hello all.
>
> I've asked this quite a few times already, but I'm still on the lookout
> for films that question the concept of truth in documentaries or cinema. So
> far, I've been able to favor "Megacities" by Michael Glawogger, "David
> Hotlzman's Diary" by Jim McBride and "The stories we tell" by Sarah Polley.
> And yes, I've watched F for Fake more than enough ;)
>
> I've also been getting into dissecting film and theater down to, for lack
> of better terms, compound elements. I've been looking into the works of
> Bazin, Kracauer and Metz and how they have explored the concept of
> spectatorship and illusion within the realm of photography, film and
> sometimes theater.
>
> So anything that would focus on deconstructing truth or incorperate cinema
> theory. In addition to diaries and essays, I'd also be open to film/video
> installations/performances that share the same focus.
>
> M
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