The Art of Persuasion’s aim throughout the semester has been focused around becoming closer to answering the question: How do we make a documentary that is both political and poetic? In order to explore this driving question, we have been… Continue Reading
Throughout the semester The Art of Persuasion has been attempting to answer the guiding question of the studio: How do we make documentary that is poetic and political? As a starting point we attempted to answer the questions ‘Can something… Continue Reading
The question of whether it is okay to simply observe the world rather than participate within it comes with a myriad of additional questions about the broader social context. If people simply observed rather than participated, nothing would really happen.… Continue Reading
Can something be both political and poetic? What is the role of formal experimentation in political documentary? There are documentaries that are political and there are documentaries that are poetic. When separated into two distinct types of documentary film they… Continue Reading