Based on work the author has carried out with survivor groups in Northern Ireland and South Africa, Recording Memories from Political Violence draws on written and audiovisual texts to describe and analyze the use of documentary filmmaking in recording experiences of political conflict. A variety of issues relevant to the genre are addressed at length, including the importance of ethics in the collaboration between the filmmaker and the participant and the effect of location on the accounts of participants. Cahal McLaughlin draws on the diverse fields of film and cultural studies, as well as nearly twenty years of production experience, in this informed and instructive contribution to documentary filmmaking and post-conflict studies.

About the Author

Cahal McLaughlin is a senior lecturer at the School of Media, Film and Journalism at the University of Ulster. He is also a documentary filmmaker whose recent projects include Inside Stories: Memories of the Maze and Long Kesh Prison and We Never Give Up.

Reviews

A book about memory, trust, and an invaluable historical recording. It would be a disservice ... if the memories and voices in these films didn't attract as wide an audience as possible.

-- Jenny Meegan and Philip O'Sullivan, Irish Studies Review

A good example of how research and practice can walk hand in hand. ... Very well written.

-- Laura Santos Lopes de Aguiar, Crime, Media and Culture



Book Information
ISBN 9781841503011
Author Cahal McLaughlin
Format Paperback
Page Count 164
Imprint Intellect Books
Publisher Intellect Books
Weight(grams) 277g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 9mm