3-minute documentary While creating my 3-minute documentary “Roots of Belonging,” at Muhlenberg College, I drew from class lessons and insights I gained while being a part of our documentary research class. Documentarians serve to uncover the untold stories and shine a spotlight on narratives that may not be fully recognized. By understanding the power of …
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Banished Realities: Confronting Racism in Harrison
In Marco Williams documentary “Banished,” the camera is flipped to watch the filmmaker engage in a revealing interview with Thom Robb, an affiliated member of the Ku Klux Klan. Representing the Klan, Robb asserts a desire to “preserve our community, our culture” (1:04:10), even the heritage he deems worthy of preservation. However, Williams challenges this …
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Belonging on the Field
In the process of creating this short documentary, the limitation of 30-second runtime challenged me to convey the deep emotional connection of belonging. I wanted to make viewers understand the nature of belonging with my script and included photos. Visuals showing the team huddled together and myself, pictures at the end, reinforce the concept of …
Doing Documentary Work: Balancing Participation and Detachment
“Besides, to write particular words or to take specific pictures is to stand at some remove from the entire range of what can be said or photographed, and to take such a step moves one at least a measure away from that full participatory zeal that some activists hold up for themselves and for others …
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