Film and Genocide - Softcover

 
9780299285647: Film and Genocide
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0299285642 ISBN 13: 9780299285647
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 2012

Synopsis

Film and Genocide brings together scholars of film and of genocide to discuss film representations, both fictional and documentary, of the Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, and genocides in Chile, Australia, Rwanda, and the United States. Since 1955, when Alain Resnais created his experimental documentary Night and Fog about the Nazis' mass killings of Jews and other ostracized groups, filmmakers have struggled with using this medium to tell such difficult stories, to re-create the sociopolitical contexts of genocide, and to urge awareness and action among viewers. This volume looks at such issues as realism versus fiction, the challenge of depicting atrocities in a manner palatable to spectators and film distributors, the Holocaust film as a model for films about other genocides, and the role of new technologies in disseminating films about genocide. Film and Genocide also includes interviews with three film directors, who discuss their experiences in working with deeply disturbing images and bringing hidden stories to life: Irek Dobrowolski, director of The Portraitist (2005) a documentary about Wilhelm Brasse, an Auschwitz-Birkenau prisoner ordered to take more than 40,000 photos at the camp; Nick Hughes, director of 100 Days (2005) a dramatic film about the Rwandan mass killings; and Greg Barker, director of Ghosts of Rwanda (2004), a television documentary for Frontline.

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About the Author

Kristi M. Wilson is director of the Writing Program and assistant professor of rhetoric and humanities. Tomas F. Crowder-Taraborrelli is visiting professor of Latin American studies, both at Soka University of America in California.

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Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0299285642
ISBN 13 
9780299285647
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
288
Editor
Wilson Kristi M., Crowder-Taraborrelli Tomas F.