Alternative documakers: strange forces at work

Documentary film has established itself as an important spatial extension of this nation's historicity. This paper explores the terrains of this critical transformational space which in recent years, has been dominated arguably increasingly, by a cohort of 'socialist' filmmakers. That...

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Main Authors: Badrul Redzuan Abu Hassan, Roslina Abdul Latif
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9347/
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spelling ukm-93472016-12-14T06:49:39Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9347/ Alternative documakers: strange forces at work Badrul Redzuan Abu Hassan, Roslina Abdul Latif, Documentary film has established itself as an important spatial extension of this nation's historicity. This paper explores the terrains of this critical transformational space which in recent years, has been dominated arguably increasingly, by a cohort of 'socialist' filmmakers. That such an 'alternative/independent' group of documakers - a label it is often associated with - edges over the 'mainstream' ones in terms of its worthiness, timeliness and relevance of an issue, debate or perspective, is a claim or perception that needs to be qualified in this paper. Notable documakers gave in-depth interviews on their creative works and issues of nation building both in shaping the trajectory of ‘alternative’ documentary, hence, sustaining a potentially transformative public sphere. This paper will engage in analyzing critical and defining documentary works as its mode of inquiry followed by the discourses gleaned from the interviews. Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9347/1/040-047_Alternative_Documentary-_Badrul_Redzuan_.pdf Badrul Redzuan Abu Hassan, and Roslina Abdul Latif, (2015) Alternative documakers: strange forces at work. e-BANGI: Jurnal Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Specia (1). pp. 40-47. ISSN 1823-884x http://www.ukm.my/e-bangi/index.php?option=com_jresearch&view=publicationslist&Itemid=45&lang=en
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description Documentary film has established itself as an important spatial extension of this nation's historicity. This paper explores the terrains of this critical transformational space which in recent years, has been dominated arguably increasingly, by a cohort of 'socialist' filmmakers. That such an 'alternative/independent' group of documakers - a label it is often associated with - edges over the 'mainstream' ones in terms of its worthiness, timeliness and relevance of an issue, debate or perspective, is a claim or perception that needs to be qualified in this paper. Notable documakers gave in-depth interviews on their creative works and issues of nation building both in shaping the trajectory of ‘alternative’ documentary, hence, sustaining a potentially transformative public sphere. This paper will engage in analyzing critical and defining documentary works as its mode of inquiry followed by the discourses gleaned from the interviews.
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author Badrul Redzuan Abu Hassan,
Roslina Abdul Latif,
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Alternative documakers: strange forces at work
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Roslina Abdul Latif,
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title Alternative documakers: strange forces at work
title_short Alternative documakers: strange forces at work
title_full Alternative documakers: strange forces at work
title_fullStr Alternative documakers: strange forces at work
title_full_unstemmed Alternative documakers: strange forces at work
title_sort alternative documakers: strange forces at work
publisher Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9347/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9347/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9347/1/040-047_Alternative_Documentary-_Badrul_Redzuan_.pdf
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