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04005aam a2200409 i 4500 001 15F0E1C8BFA611ECA5AD8FDE3CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220419010024 008 210811s2022 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021023335 020 $a 0231195966 020 $a 9780231195966 020 $a 0231195974 020 $a 9780231195973 035 $a (OCoLC)1264176011 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d YUS $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PN1995.9.D6 $b C674 2022 082 00 $a 070.1/8 $2 23 100 1 $a Cuevas, EfreÌn, $e author. 245 10 $a Filming history from below : $b microhistorical documentaries / $c EfreÌn Cuevas. 264 1 $a New York : $b Wallflower, $c [2022] 300 $a viii, 290 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Nonfictions 520 $a "Traditional historical documentaries strive to project a sense of objectivity, producing a top-down view of history that focuses on public events and personalities. In recent decades, in line with historiographical trends advocating "history from below," a different type of historical documentary has emerged, focusing on tightly circumscribed subjects, personal archives, and first-person perspectives. EfreÌn Cuevas categorizes these films as "microhistorical documentaries" and examines how they push cinema's capacity as a producer of historical knowledge in new directions. Cuevas pinpoints the key features of these documentaries, identifying their parallels with written microhistory: a reduced scale of observation, a central role given to human agency, a conjectural approach to the use of archival sources, and a reliance on narrative structures. Microhistorical documentaries also use tools specific to film to underscore the affective dimension of historical narratives, often incorporating autobiographical and essayistic perspectives, and highlighting the role of the protagonists' personal memories in the reconstruction of the past. These films generally draw from family archives, with an emphasis on snapshots and home movies. Filming History from Below examines works including PeÌter ForgaÌcs's films dealing with the Holocaust such as The Maelstrom and Free Fall; documentaries about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Rithy Panh's work on the Cambodian genocide; films about the internment of Japanese Americans during the Second World War such as A Family Gathering and History and Memory; and Jonas Mekas's chronicle of migration in his diary film Lost, Lost, Lost"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 263 - 276) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: film and history -- Microhistory and documentary film -- The archive and the microhistorical documentary -- PeÌter ForgaÌcs's home movie chronicle of the 20th century: The malestrom, Free fall, and Class lot -- The incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II: Something strone within, A family gathering, From a silk cocoon, and History and memory -- Rithy Panh's autobiographical narrative of the Cambodian Genocide: The missing picture -- Identities and conflicts in Israel and Palestine: Isreal: a home movie, For my children, My terrorist, My land Zion, and A world not ours -- The immigrant experience in Jonas Mekas's Lost, lost, lost -- Epilogue: looking to the future. 650 0 $a Documentary films $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a History in motion pictures. 650 7 $a Documentary films. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00896079 650 7 $a History in motion pictures. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01903472 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i Online version: $a Cuevas, EfreÌn. $t Filming history from below $d New York : Wallflower, an imprint of Columbia University Press, [2021] $z 9780231551571 $w (DLC) 2021023336 830 0 $a Nonfictions. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117030921.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=15F0E1C8BFA611ECA5AD8FDE3CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search