Wow, what an amazing list. Many suggested that I must find the time to watch myself! I have sent all of your suggestions to the prof. Thank you very much!!
Jeff On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:14 PM, elizabeth mcmahon <[email protected]> wrote: > "Shoah" is superlative, but it is probably prohibitively long. A searing > documentary that tackles the same subject, the Holocaust, which I agree > should be strenuously considered for a represented memoir film (though that, > what a memoir film is, in this context is, and what it's trying to convey, > is still sketchy to me, and I agree with Randal that not enough info about > the course and students has been provided) is Manfred Kirchheimer's "We Were > So Beloved." Positively a knockout. > > Elizabeth > > From: Randal Baier <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 9:56 PM > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Film as memoir > > INteresting aspects, all. And visual intrigue to be sure. > > But, whoa, Nellie! What is the nature f the course here? Are we talking > about teaching 1st/2nd year anthro students who haven't declared a major , > or are we looking at satisfying the needs of gossipy graduate students jaded > on the intrigues of "going native?" > > Do you want Grandma waxing poetic about Grandpa bringing in the sheaves or > do you want true tales of nasty deeds that went bump in the night? > > Frankly, I'm confused. > > Randal > > > > From: "Matthew Gallagher" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 4:24:47 PM > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Film as memoir > > Hi Jeff, > > José Padilha's Secrets of the Tribe would be an interesting fit. It's a > 'film that documents a "he said-he said" war of egos fought among ethically > dubious anthropologists on opposing sides of a theoretical debate that > includes accusations of genocide and pederasty.' Rather incriminating tale > of Napoleon Chagnon & Jacques Lizot's treatment of the Yanomami tribe in the > Amazon. Could work well if the professor was interested in academic/accepted > memory in comparison to personal/experiential memory. > > Best, > > Matt Gallagher > Media & Music Cataloging > Technical & Automated Services > Rutgers University Libraries > ph: (848) 445-5952 > > From: "Deg Farrelly" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 4:04:05 PM > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Film as memoir > > The first title that jumps to mind for me is SHOAH > > Follow up on that with any number of films from Holocaust survivors. > > Also, Word is Out (didn't Dennis Doros help to restore it?), and the two > films (names escape me right now) that tell the story of the development > of the ACT UP movement. > > deg farrelly, Media Librarian > Arizona State University Libraries > Hayden Library C1H1 > P.O. Box 871006 > Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006 > Phone: 602.332.3103 > > --- > > http://tinyurl.com/AboutNMM > To market, to market, to find some fresh filmŠ > I'm attending the 2013 National Media Market, November 3-7 > In Charleston, South Carolina. See you there? > > > > > >> >>Hi, I received this request from a prof and thought it would be fun >>for the list. I thought of these documentaries, but I'm sure she is >>also interested in feature films: >> >>Capturing the Friedmans >>51 Birch Street >>Tarnation >> >>Thanks, >> >>Jeff >>UMich >> >>...... >> >>I'm creating a new course on writing memoir, and I want to include a >>couple of films. One that I haven't seen yet but that I think will fit >>well is Stories We Tell, a documentary by Sarah Polley about her >>deceased mother that incorporates the memories of a range of family >>and friends and in the process reveals a great deal about those being >>interviewed. Another possibility is Persepolis, based on the graphic >>novel/memoir by Marjane Satrapi. >> >>Do you have other films you could suggest that would fit this genre? >>Films that raise interesting questions about storytelling, memory, >>truth, conflicting versions of events, etc. would be particularly >>interesting. >> >> >> >>End of videolib Digest, Vol 68, Issue 14 >>**************************************** > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and > related institutions. 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