Documentary film and the poetics of history
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20207728 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Desmond Bell (University of Edinburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-25 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Media Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-2753 • E-ISSN: 2040-0926 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/jmpr.12.1.3_1 |
| OpenAlex | W2319772651 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 11 |
How do documentary film-makers picture the past and in what ways does their approach differ from the orthodox writing of history? In this article I draw upon my own experience as a documentary film-maker to explore a broader set of issues concerned with the relationship between academic history and factual film-making. Does the history documentary as found on television involve a 'dumbing down' of historical understanding? Or does it, as I suggest, encourage a form of historiographic practice that is more reflexive, experimental and critically aware of its own auspices. In reflecting on a range of my own broadcast work I seek to illuminate some of the ways contemporary documentary film-makers have engaged with the past and in so doing expanded the language of documentary film and of historical narration.KEYWORDS: documentary filmhistorypractice-based researchreflective analysis
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 0,77 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |