States of Emergency: Documentaries, Wars, Democracies ISBN: 9780816687503 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Minnesota Press Digital rights:Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Documentary films -- political aspects;
OC Patty Zimmermann brilliantly exposes the systematic political attack and destruction of public monies and spaces required for independent film and documentary to flourish. She compels us to take seriously OCythe states of emergencyOCO created by present-day wars on memory, history, and democracy. This book is passionate, unrelenting, and superbly written. It is a necessary step in reclaiming the imaginings for a democratic media.OCOOCoZillah Eisenstein, author of Global Obscenities: Patriarchy, Capitalism, and the Lure of Cyberfantasy"