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  • Bearing Witness: The Art of Telling Difficult Stories

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    Author
    Cattoni, Jan Maree
    Primary Supervisor
    Trish FitzSimons
    Year published
    2011
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    Abstract
    This exegesis and the accompanying studio work poses the question of whether there is value in telling difficult stories in the documentary context for the person who has experienced the difficulties, as well as for those who may subsequently listen to such stories as viewers. The studio work, a one-hour broadcast documentary, follows a family for two years after the death of their daughter. The exegesis examines the risks involved for those who are telling and listening, and also examines the role of the filmmaker within such contexts. The filmmaker critically reflects on her professional experiences as a paediatric intensive ...
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    This exegesis and the accompanying studio work poses the question of whether there is value in telling difficult stories in the documentary context for the person who has experienced the difficulties, as well as for those who may subsequently listen to such stories as viewers. The studio work, a one-hour broadcast documentary, follows a family for two years after the death of their daughter. The exegesis examines the risks involved for those who are telling and listening, and also examines the role of the filmmaker within such contexts. The filmmaker critically reflects on her professional experiences as a paediatric intensive care nurse, examining how these experiences came into play in her role as documentary-maker in the submitted work. The notion that there is value in producing stories that deal with difficult subjects is considered in light of research that looks at individual responses to trauma. New practices in digital and participative storytelling are scrutinised as offering alternative frameworks for difficult storytelling.
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    Thesis Type
    Thesis (Professional Doctorate)
    Degree Program
    Doctor of Visual Arts (DVA)
    School
    Griffith Film School
    Item Access Status
    Public
    Note
    The 1 hour broadcast documentary is not published here.
    Subject
    Difficult storytelling
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365321
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