The Great Hack (documentary film). Produced and directed by Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim. Netflix, 2019. 1 hour 54 minutes
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DOI: 10.1002/asi.24333
Abstract: The documentary's core argument is that big data and targeted data have been used successfully to influence enough “persuadable” voters to influence the outcome of key elections such as the Brexit referendum and the 2016… read more here.
Keywords: hack documentary; produced directed; great hack; documentary film ... See more keywords
From ‘exorcism’ to engagement: the private sphere of perpetratorship in twenty-first century South African documentary film
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DOI: 10.1080/10304312.2020.1737433
Abstract: ABSTRACT Documentary film is one way people attempt to grapple with the aftermath of mass atrocity; most commonly, this has been done via victim-centric narratives. The twenty-first century has seen a shift in documentary film… read more here.
Keywords: documentary film; twenty first; first century; south african ... See more keywords
Digitally enabled engagement and witnessing: the Sichuan earthquake on independent documentary film
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DOI: 10.1080/17503280.2017.1338370
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article builds on recent works on witnessing, socially engaged documentary filmmaking and studies on the role of new digital technologies for witnessing trauma, recording memories and enabling activism. In a devastating earthquake in… read more here.
Keywords: independent documentary; documentary film; digitally enabled; film digitally ... See more keywords
Documentary Film ‘Survivor’ Preserved as a Disaster Record
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DOI: 10.20965/jdr.2021.p0210
Abstract: The Aceh Province, located in the northern island of Sumatera, Indonesia, is highly vulnerable to disasters. The experience of being struck by the devastating earthquake and tsunami on December 26, 2004 has not been communicated… read more here.
Keywords: film survivor; survivor preserved; preserved disaster; documentary film ... See more keywords