Making Unusual suspects - girls in gangs: a critical reflections on the ethics of cross-cultural filmmaking
| dc.contributor.advisor | , | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lamotte, Sophie | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-30T09:48:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-05-30T09:48:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2024-05-08T14:00:47Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This research explores questions of ethics in cross-cultural documentary filmmaking in relation to making of the film “Unusual suspects: girls in gangs”. The film depicts the livedexperiences of three women who are or were involved in gangs and follows a police unit commander in her duties in fighting gang-related crime. The making of the film was characterised by cultural differences because I, the film maker, am a foreigner entering an arguably less privileged field with participants who could be considered vulnerable - both in terms of their socio-economic status and their safety. The mode of the documentary is observational, with elements of the participatory, based on encounters with the ‘Other' androoted in a desire to shine a light on a largely hidden issue that affects a lot of women in South Africa, and the Cape Flats specifically. The film's production prompted continual engagement with ethical questions. In this explication, which accompanies the film, I analyse my own practises and offer a set of suggestions based on my experience for making a documentary film with the intent of acknowledging one's positionality and overtly addressing issues of power differentials between the filmmaker and the people she represents. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Lamotte, S. (2023). <i>Making Unusual suspects - girls in gangs: a critical reflections on the ethics of cross-cultural filmmaking</i>. (). ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39774 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Lamotte, Sophie. <i>"Making Unusual suspects - girls in gangs: a critical reflections on the ethics of cross-cultural filmmaking."</i> ., ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39774 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Lamotte, S. 2023. Making Unusual suspects - girls in gangs: a critical reflections on the ethics of cross-cultural filmmaking. . ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39774 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Lamotte, Sophie AB - This research explores questions of ethics in cross-cultural documentary filmmaking in relation to making of the film “Unusual suspects: girls in gangs”. The film depicts the livedexperiences of three women who are or were involved in gangs and follows a police unit commander in her duties in fighting gang-related crime. The making of the film was characterised by cultural differences because I, the film maker, am a foreigner entering an arguably less privileged field with participants who could be considered vulnerable - both in terms of their socio-economic status and their safety. The mode of the documentary is observational, with elements of the participatory, based on encounters with the ‘Other' androoted in a desire to shine a light on a largely hidden issue that affects a lot of women in South Africa, and the Cape Flats specifically. The film's production prompted continual engagement with ethical questions. In this explication, which accompanies the film, I analyse my own practises and offer a set of suggestions based on my experience for making a documentary film with the intent of acknowledging one's positionality and overtly addressing issues of power differentials between the filmmaker and the people she represents. DA - 2023 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Film and Media Studies LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2023 T1 - Making Unusual suspects - girls in gangs: a critical reflections on the ethics of cross-cultural filmmaking TI - Making Unusual suspects - girls in gangs: a critical reflections on the ethics of cross-cultural filmmaking UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39774 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39774 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Lamotte S. Making Unusual suspects - girls in gangs: a critical reflections on the ethics of cross-cultural filmmaking. []. ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2023 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39774 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | Eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Film and Media Studies | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | |
| dc.subject | Film and Media Studies | |
| dc.title | Making Unusual suspects - girls in gangs: a critical reflections on the ethics of cross-cultural filmmaking | |
| dc.type | Thesis / Dissertation | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters |