Conditional Truths: Remapping Paths To Documentary 'Independence'

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Petelin, George
Other Supervisors
Williamson, Dugald
Year published
2003
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(Synopsis to introductory statement): An introductory statement to five documentary films made by Ian Lang in Australia between 1981 and 1997 exemplifying a 'democratising' model of sustainable and ethical documentary film production. This document critically reflects on the production process of these films to accompany their submission for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Publication at Griffith University. It finds that a contemporary tendency towards 'post-industrial' conditions allows an observational film-maker to negotiate a critical inter-dependence rather than a romantically conceived 'independence' traditional ...
View more >(Synopsis to introductory statement): An introductory statement to five documentary films made by Ian Lang in Australia between 1981 and 1997 exemplifying a 'democratising' model of sustainable and ethical documentary film production. This document critically reflects on the production process of these films to accompany their submission for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Publication at Griffith University. It finds that a contemporary tendency towards 'post-industrial' conditions allows an observational film-maker to negotiate a critical inter-dependence rather than a romantically conceived 'independence' traditional to the genre. [Full thesis consists of introductory statement plus six DVD videodiscs.]
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View more >(Synopsis to introductory statement): An introductory statement to five documentary films made by Ian Lang in Australia between 1981 and 1997 exemplifying a 'democratising' model of sustainable and ethical documentary film production. This document critically reflects on the production process of these films to accompany their submission for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Publication at Griffith University. It finds that a contemporary tendency towards 'post-industrial' conditions allows an observational film-maker to negotiate a critical inter-dependence rather than a romantically conceived 'independence' traditional to the genre. [Full thesis consists of introductory statement plus six DVD videodiscs.]
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Thesis Type
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Degree Program
Doctor of Philosophy by Publication (PhD)
School
Queensland College of Art
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Subject
documentary film
Australian documentary
low-budget film
low-budget documentary
documentary production
documentary ethics
ethical film
Queensland film
independent film-maker
interdependent filmmaking
interdependent production
conditional truth
independent film-making
documentary truth
post-industrial documentary
democratisation of film
sustainable documentary
guerilla film
guerrilla film
indigenous film
Aboriginal film
'Wheels across the Himalaya'
'Yallambee - People of Hope'
'This is what I call living'
'Art of Place: Hanoi Brisbane Art Exchange'
'Millennium Shift: the search for new world art'
' Grandfathers and Revolutions'
'Typically Australian with Humphrey McQueen'
observational film
art documentary
visual-arts film
'Judith Hewitson'
'Ian Howard'
'Swinburne film'
'SBS Independent'
'Queensland College of Art'
Documentary Producer
Documentary Director
Australia
Australian
digital filmmaker
digital documentary
16mm documentary
cinema verite
documentary history
multiculturalism
globalism
ethnographic
disability
'documentary impulse'
micro-doc