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In "Selfless Cinema?", Sarah Cooper maps out the power relations of making, and viewing, documentaries in ethical terms. The ethics of filmmaking are often examined on largely legalistic terms, dominated by issues of consent, responsibility, and participants' or film-makers' rights, but Cooper approaches four representative French film-makers - Jean Rouch, Chris Marker, Raymond Depardon, and Agnes... Read more
Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 Lévinas 's Ethical Vision, 2 Knowing Images: Jean Rouch's Ethnography, 3 Chris Marker: Love, Death and Documentary, 4 Raymond Depardon: Finding the Right Distance, 5 Film Portraits: From Jane B. to Agnès V, Concluding Remarks, Filmography, Bibliography, Index
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Sarah Cooper
