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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821219403321

Autore

McLaughlin Cahal

Titolo

Recording memories from political violence : a film-maker's journey / / Cahal McLaughlin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2010

ISBN

1-282-89608-3

9786612896088

1-84150-436-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/6581

Soggetti

Documentary films - Political aspects - Northern Ireland

Documentary films - Political aspects - South Africa

Documentary films - Production and direction

Political violence in motion pictures

Imprisonment in motion pictures

Psychic trauma in motion pictures

Memory - Political aspects - Northern Ireland

Memory - Political aspects - South Africa

Northern Ireland In motion pictures

South Africa In motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Royal Holloway University of London.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Raising Heads above the Parapet: Research Questions, Context and Methodologies; Chapter 2: Telling Our Story: The Springhill Massacre; Chapter 3: A Prisoner's Journey: Educational Film-making; Chapter 4: We Never Give Up: Reparations in South Africa; Chapter 5: Inside Stories: Memories from the Maze and Long Kesh Prison; Chapter 6: Prisons Memory Archive: Multi-Narrative Story-Telling; Chapter 7: Unheard Voices: Collaboration with WAVE; Chapter 8: Conclusion; Bibliography and Filmography; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Based on work the author has carried out with survivor groups in South



Africa and Northern Ireland, Recording Memories from Political Violence combines written and audiovisual texts to describe and analyze the use of documentary film making in recording experiences of political conflict. A variety of issues relevant to the genre are addressed at length, including the importance of ethics in the collaboration between the filmmaker and the participant and the effect of location on the accounts of participants. McLaughlin draws on the diverse fields of film and cultural studies, as well as nearly