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Pseudo-History in Documentary Film, or Reality through the Filter of Memory

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, I examine oral history collections through five documentaries I have made over the past ten years. These articulate different types of memories, which are divided into three categories: films of collective, individual and posthumous memory. I investigate how useful and reliable is the method of oral history as compared to traditional historical sources, what is the responsibility of the filmmaker and how far does it go. Finally, I provide a sample of how, without any critical apparatus, misinformation becomes reality in the memory culture of a whole community.

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