Creating the witness
Subtitle: documenting genocide on film, video, and the Internet
By: Leshu Torchin
Series: Visible evidence -- 26
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780816676224; 9780816676231
Subjects: Documentary films; History and criticism; Genocide in motion pictures; Genocide in mass media
Description: In the video game 'Darfur Is Dying', players must ensure the survival of a virtual refugee camp. The video game not only puts players in the position of a struggling refugee, it shows them how they can bring about change in the real world. This volume examines the role of film and the Internet in creating virtual witness to genocide over the past 100 years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: screen media and witnessing publics; title: To acquaint America with ravished Armenia; title: Witness for the prosecution: films at Nuremberg; title: Reflections on the world stage: imagining fields of witnessing for Rwanda and the Balkans; title: The work of WITNESS: negotiating the challenges of video advocacy; title: iWitnesses and citizentube: focus on Darfur; title: Conclusion: testimonial encounters and tempering the celebratory narrative.