INTERNALIZING HISTORY: THE LIMITS OF TRANSFORMING DOCUMENTARY INTO FICTION

[...]we will examine some alternative transformations that, while dramatizing the tension within individual personality, still affirm that "documentary reality." [...]WHITE STUDENT I get my hands on one of them agitators, I'll rope 'em to my plow. [...]WHITE STUDENT Hah. [...]WHI...

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Published in:Journal of film and video 1990-10, Vol.42 (3), p.5-17
Main Author: RUSH, JEFF
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Cameras
Civil rights
Courthouses
Documentary films
Fiction
Food
Literary characters
Literary themes
Motion picture directors & producers
Movies
Personality
Political campaigns
Rhythm
School campuses
Tree trunks
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Summary:[...]we will examine some alternative transformations that, while dramatizing the tension within individual personality, still affirm that "documentary reality." [...]WHITE STUDENT I get my hands on one of them agitators, I'll rope 'em to my plow. [...]WHITE STUDENT Hah. [...]WHITE STUDENT I get my hands on one of them agitators, I'll rope 'em to my plow. Because it is so "distant," this outside world may supply the necessary perspective without consciously breaking the "presentness" of the story.
ISSN:0742-4671
1934-6018