LEADER 02791oam 2200433 450 001 9910794509703321 005 20230706093538.0 010 $a9780253058010$b(electronic book) 010 $a0-253-05802-3 035 $a(OCoLC)1249715640 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL56PZ 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011989621 100 $a20210427h20212021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRadical documentary and global crises $emilitant evidence in the digital age /$fRyan Watson 210 1$aBloomington :$cIndiana University Press,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (x, 239 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aGale eBooks 311 $a0-253-05801-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $a"When independent filmmakers document the struggle for rights, representation, and revolution, they weaponize film by advocating for a particular outcome. Ryan Watson calls this "militant evidence." In Radical Documentary and Global Crises, Watson centers the discussion on extreme conflict, such as the Iraq War, the occupation of Palestine, the war in Syria, mass incarceration in the United States, and child soldier conscription in the Congo. Under these conditions, filmmakers aspire to document, archive, witness, and testify, resulting in a set of practices that turn documentary media toward a commitment to feature the people living through the terror. To achieve this level of truth-telling, militant evidence combines previously collected work with new digitally archived images, stories, and testimonials to impact specific social and political situations. Radical Documentary and Global Crises reveals that to understand what a documentary is, how it functions, how it circulates, and how its effect is measured, filmmakers must accept that militant evidence has the power to expose, to amass, and to adjudicate"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aDocumentary films$xHistory and criticism 606 $aDocumentary mass media 615 0$aDocumentary films$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aDocumentary mass media. 676 $a070.18 700 $aWatson$b Ryan$01492448 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794509703321 996 $aRadical documentary and global crises$93714974 997 $aUNINA