FILM 2106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Documentary Film Movement
8 Feb 2016
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The film displays living conditions of citizens/subjects in. Instilling a trust between the state/rich people and poor poverty people: important to do before the war, instilling pride and a sense of belonging to the state that supposedly has your best interests at heart. Why is it necessary to make the working class trust the government: don"t revolt do social reform. Shot by the state for the state (audience) A documentary that tries to go beyond the surface of things (news reels) Conveniently hides the question: how did the problem come about in the first place. Instead, the film showcases the problem and the solution. Night mail (and questions on british documentary film. Represent a position; employee/representative of the state; state/filmmaker as teacher: text: educational, audience: recipients of filmmaker"s charity of representation (educational video privileged look into the lives of the postal workers)
