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the rhetoric of the opening post is far from non-partisan.
the information assembled in it has mostly to do with taking information to a certain extent out of context.
which is fine--point it out, have a debate, think about the questions at hand: that is what documentaries are done to generate--they do not--they are not--ever--other than an argument.
the argument is elaborated within a cinema context, which presents certain limitations on the ability to provide adequate context.
but so do almost all the other information sources that people rely on to fashion their political positions.
were that folk were as wary of what they watch on television as news, as wary of what they read--including in press outlets that work from political positions they agree with in general--maybe the state of american pseudo-democracy would not be as bleak as it is.
so good--debate the factual basis of the film, think about it, try to swat its messages away if that is your desire--but do not for a minute think that this is somehow not completely consistent with the nature of documentary as a form.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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