Upping The Anti:: Documentary, capitalism and liberal consensus in an age of austerity
POV, Winter 2013, no. 92, pp. 40-44
Author Ezra Winton dissects the documentary and political activism landscape in Canada. Winton explains how documentary has legacy of social justice, anti-oppression and free expression, however many radical documentaries are respected in their own communities, but invisible to mainstream current. Winton identifies two types of political documentaries which he names the liberal consensus documentary and the radical committed documentary. Winton outlines documentaries that fall into each category as well as explaining each have a different call-to-action that can be problematic. Winton also highlights how the differing approaches create audience inclusion or exclusion of the world.
ITEM 2013.126 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
An Inconvenient Truth – Davis Guggenheim
The Carbon Rush – Amy Miller
Waiting for Superman – Davis Guggenheim
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance – Alanis Obomsawin
The House I live In – Eugene Jarecki
Fix: The Story of an Addicted City – Nettie Wild
Sickfuckpeople – Juri Rechinsky
Through a Blue Lens – Veronica Alice Mannix
The Act of Killing – Joshua Oppenheimer
The Cove – Louis Psihoyos
A Small Act – Jennifer Arnold