Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Is It Exploitive To Use Real-Life Terrorist Attacks As Subjects For Feature Films?

“This year sees the release of two films which centre on the 2011 attack in Norway by rightwing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, which left 77 people dead. … Questions arise around the ethics of this particular docudrama style of film-making – what can a film based on real events tell us that documentary footage or eyewitness testimony cannot?”



Article source here:Arts Journal

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