Course Details
Country:
Netherlands
Institution:
Free University of Amsterdam
Course Title:
Showed trials: Truth telling in documentary film and court
Course Number:
R_STTT
Course Description:
This course focuses on truth and (visual) evidence in documentary film and court proceedings. More concretely, we explore the truth regimes of documentary film and court proceedings and study what happens when the two meet.
Upon completion of the course, students can:
Recognize, understand and compare the functions of truth-telling in documentary film and court proceedings.
Analyse how visual evidence is used in both contexts.
Critically reflect on the representation of legal proceedings in documentary film.
Use film to study law and court cases.
The course specifically focuses on international courts and tribunals but the core questions apply to national contexts too.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
CRIM 490
Attachment Files:
Studyguide (13)_9.pdf
