J 416 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Silent Film
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13th review treatise on the prison industrial complex through a nexus of racism, capitalism policies and politics. The us did not just criminalize a select group of black people, it transferred the guilt from people who perpetuated it to the people who suffered from it. Relies on logic carried by the spoken word. Ex: frank capra why we fight , patriotism. Grierson saw documentary filmmaking as a way to dramatize issues and implications in a. Grierson helped grow the emb into a film unit. Songs of ceylon exemplified the working atmosphere of the film unit. Flaherty, again, concentrated on a small group with the perilous maneuvers of the of small. Boats of the people on the ara island. Man of aran did well, however it was criticized by grierson and group for not looking. Grierson"s documentary was with impersonal social processes. Politicizing documentary was common, however cine-clubs had no censorship.
