Death, Image, Memory: The Genocide In Rwanda And Its Aftermath In Photography And Documentary Film
by Piotr Cieplak /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book explores how photography and documentary film have
participated in the representation of the 1994 genocide in
Rwanda and its aftermath. This in-depth analysis of
professional and amateur photography and the work of Rwandan and
international filmmakers offers an insight into not only the
unique ability of images to engage with death, memory and the
need for evidence, but also their helplessness and inadequacy
when confronted with the enormity of the event.
This book explores how photography and documentary film have
participated in the representation of the 1994 genocide in
Rwanda and its aftermath. This in-depth analysis of
professional and amateur photography and the work of Rwandan and
international filmmakers offers an insight into not only the
unique ability of images to engage with death, memory and the
need for evidence, but also their helplessness and inadequacy
when confronted with the enormity of the event.
Focusing on a range of films and photographs, the book tests
notions of truth, evidence, record and witnessing – so often
associated with documentary practice – in the specific context of
Rwanda and the wider representational framework of African
conflict and suffering. Death, Image, Memory is an inquiry into
the multiple memorial and evidentiary functions of images that
transcends the usual investigations into whether photography and
documentary film can reliably attest to the o
Focusing on a range of films and photographs, the book tests
notions of truth, evidence, record and witnessing – so often
associated with documentary practice – in the specific context of
Rwanda and the wider representational framework of African
conflict and suffering. Death, Image, Memory is an inquiry into
the multiple memorial and evidentiary functions of images that
transcends the usual investigations into whether photography and
documentary film can reliably attest to the occurrence and truth of an event.
ccurrence and truth of an event.
