AIDS orphans, parents and children in documentary: Disclosure, performance and sacrifice
Authors: Pullen, C.
Journal: Media, Culture and Society
Volume: 30
Issue: 5
Pages: 663-676
eISSN: 1460-3675
ISSN: 0163-4437
DOI: 10.1177/0163443708094014
Abstract:This article discusses the representation of AIDS within documentary film, specifically examining Third World identities in Inigo Gilmore's Nkosi's Story (BBC, 2001, UK), Brian Wood's Dying for Drugs and Orphans of Nkandla (True Vision Productions, 2003'4, UK) and Xolizwa Sithole's Shouting Silent (Renee Rosen and Xolizwa Sithole, 2002, South Africa). A central focus is an examination of the parent'child relationship, and how children may be used as commodities of identity. Here the idea of performance is foregrounded, contextualizing its discursive use within documentary. © 2008 SAGE Publications.
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AIDS orphans, parents and children in documentary: disclosure, performance and sacrifice
Authors: Pullen, C.
Journal: MEDIA CULTURE & SOCIETY
Volume: 30
Issue: 5
Pages: 663-+
ISSN: 0163-4437
DOI: 10.1177/0163443708094014
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AIDS Orphans, Parents and Children in Documentary: Disclosure, Performance and Sacrifice
Authors: Pullen, C.
Journal: Media, Culture and Society
Volume: 30
Pages: 663-676
ISSN: 0163-4437
DOI: 10.1177/0163443708094014
Abstract:This essay discusses the emergence of the AIDS orphan as a central performative social figure in contemporary documentary.Just as charities involved in famine rescue often employ shocking images of starving children with emaciated bodies and decaying social lives, the image of the AIDS orphan can also become a commodity, and at the same time a point of conscience. This isolated and frail new documentary voice possesses an intimacy and an inherent emotional value which whilst it is powerful and useful, at the same time remains ethically questionable.
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Preferred by: Christopher Pullen