films on Iraq war
A conference exploring the diverse perspectives, issues and methods of documentary films related to the Iraq war will take place Thursday-Sunday, Feb. 14, at the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St.
Titled "War, Documentary and Iraq," the event is free and open to the public.
Filmmakers and commentators on both the right and left have used the documentary to convey information, images and insights on the Iraq war that have not been provided by mainstream media. Topics to be considered at the conference include the nature of the documentary genre in relation to mainstream media reporting, including the use of embedded reporters; other global reporting sources such as Al Jazeera; experimental documentary; and new digital technologies that have allowed immediate counter-reporting on Web-based forums, blogs and video sites.
The conference participants represent a wide range of viewpoints and experiences. They include filmmakers Deborah Scranton ("The War Tapes"), Andrew Berends ("The Blood of My Brother"), Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill ("Baghdad ER"), Bassam Haddad ("About Baghdad") and Kerry Candaele ("Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers"); journalists Michael M. Phillips of the Wall Street Journal, Danny Schechter of Mediachannel.org, freelancer Peter Davis, and Ana Marie Cox of Time magazine; 20th-century historians Rashid Khalidi of Columbia University (the keynote speaker), Hazel V. Carby of Yale and Jeremy Brecher of the Connecticut Humanities Council; and media historians Jane Gaines of Duke University, Patricia Zimmerman of Ithaca College and Pat Aufderheide, director of American University's Center for Social Media.
The documentaries made by participating filmmakers will be screened during the conference. The filmmakers will introduce their documentaries and will take part in post-screening sessions.
For conference schedule, go to www.yale.edu/filmstudiesprogram/events.
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