Abstract
In the discourse on documentary filmmaking and ethics, scholars focus on the filmmaker–filmed relationship and relate many concepts to morality in documentary filmmaking. They additionally mention circumstances that may be relevant and they identify insufficiently meaningful solutions to such moral issues. However, they fail to reflect on ethical theories and how these inform filmmakers’ ideas about the right thing to do. In this article I discuss the discourse and how it can serve to further develop the debate on the ethics of documentary filmmaking. I propose to include empirical data about filmmakers’ experiences and opinions to help us understand what ethics truly inform documentary filmmaking.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 528-553 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Mass Communication and Society (print) |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Keywords
- documentary
- ethics