Documentary film theorist Betsy McLane has argued that nonfiction cinema engages people as few other art forms can. This is partly because contemporary filmmakers’ tendency to adopt “home movie” technologies has bred “an intimacy between subject and audience” that could only otherwise be achieved if the two had met in person, face-to-face. As part of […]
Private Lives, Public Spaces: Intimacy and Community at Human Rights Film Festivals
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