02791oam 2200433 450 991079450970332120230706093538.09780253058010(electronic book)0-253-05802-3(OCoLC)1249715640(MiFhGG)GVRL56PZ(EXLCZ)99410000001198962120210427h20212021 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRadical documentary and global crises militant evidence in the digital age /Ryan WatsonBloomington :Indiana University Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (x, 239 pages) illustrationsGale eBooks0-253-05801-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Radical documentary, global crises, and militant evidence -- Digital active witnesses and the limits of visible evidence -- Prisons, Palestine, and interactive documentary -- Amateur counterarchives in Iraq -- Syria and Abounaddara -- Conclusion: Militant evidence and the future of radical documentary."When independent filmmakers document the struggle for rights, representation, and revolution, they weaponize film by advocating for a particular outcome. Ryan Watson calls this "militant evidence." In Radical Documentary and Global Crises, Watson centers the discussion on extreme conflict, such as the Iraq War, the occupation of Palestine, the war in Syria, mass incarceration in the United States, and child soldier conscription in the Congo. Under these conditions, filmmakers aspire to document, archive, witness, and testify, resulting in a set of practices that turn documentary media toward a commitment to feature the people living through the terror. To achieve this level of truth-telling, militant evidence combines previously collected work with new digitally archived images, stories, and testimonials to impact specific social and political situations. Radical Documentary and Global Crises reveals that to understand what a documentary is, how it functions, how it circulates, and how its effect is measured, filmmakers must accept that militant evidence has the power to expose, to amass, and to adjudicate"--Provided by publisher.Documentary filmsHistory and criticismDocumentary mass mediaDocumentary filmsHistory and criticism.Documentary mass media.070.18Watson Ryan1492448MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910794509703321Radical documentary and global crises3714974UNINA