by Cahal McLaughlin
Intellect Books, 2010
Paper: 978-1-84150-301-1
Library of Congress Classification PN1995.9.D6M385 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 791.436581

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

Based on work the author has carried out with survivor groups in Northern Ireland and South Africa, Recording Memories from Political Violence draws on written and audiovisual texts to describe and analyze the use of documentary filmmaking in recording experiences of political conflict. A variety of issues relevant to the genre are addressed at length, including the importance of ethics in the collaboration between the filmmaker and the participant and the effect of location on the accounts of participants. Cahal McLaughlin draws on the diverse fields of film and cultural studies, as well as nearly twenty years of production experience, in this informed and instructive contribution to documentary filmmaking and post-conflict studies.