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Death, Image, Memory: The Genocide in Rwanda and its Aftermath in Photography and Documentary Film
Piotr Cieplak
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Description for Death, Image, Memory: The Genocide in Rwanda and its Aftermath in Photography and Documentary Film
Hardback. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; AJ; APFR; HBAH; HBTZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book explores how photography and documentary film have participated in the representation of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and its aftermath. This in-depth analysis of professional and amateur photography and the work of Rwandan and international filmmakers offers an insight into not only the unique ability of images to engage with death, memory and the need for evidence, but also their helplessness and inadequacy when confronted with the enormity of the event. Focusing on a range of films and photographs, the book tests notions of truth, evidence, record and witnessing - so often associated with documentary practice ... Read more
This book explores how photography and documentary film have participated in the representation of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and its aftermath. This in-depth analysis of professional and amateur photography and the work of Rwandan and international filmmakers offers an insight into not only the unique ability of images to engage with death, memory and the need for evidence, but also their helplessness and inadequacy when confronted with the enormity of the event. Focusing on a range of films and photographs, the book tests notions of truth, evidence, record and witnessing - so often associated with documentary practice ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137579874
SKU
V9781137579874
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About Piotr Cieplak
Piotr Cieplak is a writer, filmmaker and academic. He is a lecturer in documentary film practice at Brunel University London, UK.
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