Shooting Sardines in a Barrel (2012)

Documentary filmmaking and the archive

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ID8364124
AuthorsLieza Louw (0000-0003-0923-0411, School of Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg., corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume50
Issue92
Pages68-81
Publication date2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
Venuede arte (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-3389 • E-ISSN: 2471-4100
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00043389.2015.11877225
OpenAlexW2977270317
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited31

Students and staff at the University of the Witwatersrand participated in anti-apartheid protests over a period of more than thirty years. In this article the researcher examines the construction of a documentary film, Shooting Sardines in a Barrel, using archival material and interviews with a selection of the activists. She examines the film in relation to the use of archival material in documentary films, the contextualisation and the integrity of these materials, and the impact of juxtaposing recordings from different eras and of variable technical quality. The researcher considers these aspects in the light of debates regarding historical and contemporary approaches to documentary filmmaking as a tool for expanding the archive

Archaeology · Art · Art history · Barrel (horology) · Documentary film · Filmmaking · Media studies · Sociology · Visual arts · Digital and Traditional Archives Management · History · Law in Society and Culture · South African History and Culture

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