2010, Thu, Jun 03

Authorship. Authority. Authenticity. Recent Documentaries from Elsewhere

"Struggle In Jerash" with Eduardo Thomas, Eileen Simpson, and Ben White

Eileen Simpson & Ben White | Struggle in Jerash (UK, Jordan 2009) | © Eileen Simpson & Ben White

The consistent abuse of hierarchical structures within the field of documentary filmmaking has led to a redundancy in the (re)production of conventional notions such as “authorship”, “authority” and “authenticity”. Curator Eduardo Thomas presents contemporary experimental documentaries further eroding these seemingly immutable conventions.

Struggle In Jerash

D: Eileen Simpson and Ben White, UK 2009, 63 min.

The film offers access to the process of self-understanding through the careful compilation of new commentary voiceover by contemporary Jordanian thinkers on the first feature film shot in Jordan (D: Wassif Sheik Yassin, 1957).

Discussion with Eduardo Thomas, Eileen Simpson, Ben White