Video and Resistance

This article primarily warns viewers against accepting documentary film as truth. While documentaries act as a means of communication, a specific narration created the by the documentary creators eliminates the opportunity for personal interpretation. Documentaries create a causality between each frame and the succeeding one, thereby legitimizing the film while making it interesting for the viewers. This creates a pre-packaged, biased view, falsifying what the piece deems as “absolute truth.” In comparison to Sontag, this article views documentary as a manipulative form of art, whereas Sontag believes photography inaccurately replaces reality through a warped, subjective lens.