I was born and have lived most of my life in a 3rd world country and I will tell you that I have never seen a documentary film about it (of any kind) that tells me anything about it that is interesting or valid. That applies to films made by natives or foreigners. Cinema is a very poor medium for such discussions. It was made for delirium. I would rather watch any fiction film about my country, even the most formula Hollywoiod fare, over any ethnographic documentary about it. At least I know the Hollywood bias from the get go....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfAuPXpu1TI 2015-05-04 11:25 GMT-04:00 Warren Cockerham <warrencocker...@gmail.com>: > Chris, > > If you're interested in short works by white, American males that work at > undoing traditional visual ethnography, maybe take a look at Steve Reinke's > THE MENDI (2006) https://vimeo.com/68059870 and Ben Russell's RIVER RITES > (2011) https://vimeo.com/25532189 > > - Warren > > On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Chris Freeman < > christopherbriggsfree...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I've seen them by independent filmmakers at micro cinema screenings. I >> mean what are the big ones that have come over the last 100 years of cinema >> that have made it a trope? I only know Nanook of the North. >> >> >> >> On Friday, May 1, 2015, <nicky.ham...@talktalk.net> wrote: >> >>> You seem to contradict yourself: you say 'whenever I see' etc, but then >>> ask 'what are some (of these films)'? If you know you've seen some, how >>> come you can't identify them? >>> >>> Nicky. >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Chris Freeman <christopherbriggsfree...@gmail.com> >>> To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com >>> Sent: Fri, 1 May 2015 13:15 >>> Subject: [Frameworks] Ethnographic films / studies of The Other >>> >>> Whenever I see an ethnographic travelogue or some study of "the other" >>> by a white male at a screening, there's always a collective eye roll of >>> "great, another white male putting minorities on the screen." I know the >>> trope, but I don't actually know any of those specific cliche films. >>> What are some? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> FrameWorks mailing >>> listFrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.comhttps://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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