Chapter 4F-Stop: Power Differentials
Abstract
Power differentials can significantly impact all forms of media creation: fiction, documentary, journalism, and social media. This chapter explores power differentials in the relationship between the filmmaker and the people portrayed in documentaries. It looks at the principles of personal presentation, agency, equality, and power. I am using my experiences as a filmmaker to look at the ethics of consent, working with teenagers, screening rough-cuts, and the economic relationship between the filmmaker and the people in the films.
Looking for Love (1982)
I first met Audrey when she was 11 years old. Her mother, Gloria, worked with my husband at the U.S. Postal Service Bulk Center in ...
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