[doc·u·men·ta·ry films]
n. 1: a work presenting political, social, or historical subject matter in a factual and informative manner and often consisting of actual news films or interviews accompanied by narration


n. 1: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
syn: photoplay



qalandia [200?]

 

topic: new economic and social centers of palestinian life filmed over the course of six years
style: historical. observatory. non-moving camera

 

i.so.chro.nism. twenty-four hours in jabaa [2004]

 

topic: culture as victim of war
style: experimental. juxtaposition of sounds and flashing images

not going there, don't belong here [2002]

 

topic: palestinian refugees in lebanon
style: narrative. self-reflexive
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