The Documentaries of the Romanian “Transition” between Telling and Showing
The Documentaries of the Romanian “Transition” between Telling and Showing

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses how the documentary films from and about Romania picture the Romanian society in the aftermath of the 1989 revolution. It highlights several types of approach and cinematic discourse used by authors specialized in documentary film-making. The analysis reveals the process of professionalization within this field in Romania and the progressive maturation of artistic expression, in parallel with the shift from a type of documentary focused on “telling” (the voice-over technique) to documentary focused on observation (a documentary which “shows”). Short reviews for several relevant films are presented.

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