The Act of Killing: Investigative strategies for a ‘Post-Political’ Age
Unusually for a political documentary, The Act of Killing provides its audiences with little information, no overarching argument, nor a call-to-action. Instead, director Joshua Oppenheimer uses two unconventional investigative strategies—reenactment and an examination of media affect—to uncover the...
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Main Author: | Alex Edney-Browne |
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Format: | article |
Language: | EN |
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Asia Pacific Network
2015
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/e8cbbe1b32cf4563a19440f4bd7b1795 |
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