Moving Docs releases study findings on European documentary film audiences
A just-released survey from the European Documentary Network managed Moving Docs initiative, written by Dr. Huw D Jones (University of
Europe
Raw, naked, and masculine
AFRICA: Before, it was the Baroque that seduced Achille Mbembe, now it’s brutalism – used as an analytical breakthrough to understand Africa and its relationship to Europe.
The magic of documentary filmmaking
CINEMA: Some of the most talented documentary directors from around the world offer perspective on their approach to filmmaking.
Selling off the nation’s health
HEALTHCARE: The world’s first universal public health service, the NHS today is under threat of being sold off and converted to a free market model.
A world in stable motion
MIGRANTS: In 2018, the Collège de France established its own professorship in migration studies. Francois Héran was chosen to fill it, and the book Migrations et sociétés is an extended version of his accession lecture.
From the frontlines of the war on refugees
REFUGEES: Chinese artist and filmmaker Ai Weiwei follows up his documentary Human Flow with a reportage from the warzones that await refugees in Europe. The Rest is about the millions who came for shelter but found none.
The art of displacement: mobiles on the migrant trail
MIGRANTS: The Fazili family shoots their perilous journey from Afghanistan through the Balkan migration route to an uncertain future on three mobile phones.
It is «you whites» who created «us blacks»
AFRICA: It is false to strive for justice «at home» while constantly exploiting «over there», writes one of the contributors in a new anthology.
Politics, spirituality, and religion under the African sun
AFRICA:: Religion gets too much room in analysis of African conflicts, states state scientist Jean-François Bayart.
The overlooked «in-betweener»
Two highlights of Doclisboa 2018 were documentaries from an often-overlooked category – the mid-length film.
Between humanitarian tourism and moral compromise
Save Europe from itself
Europe suffers from an unclear crisis: The forces that should unite us are absent, while the contradictions that should generate change are too vague. A philosophical diagnostic of Europe’s sickness is required in order to prepare a sound political struggle.