Virtual Round Table - an experiment: (Images of the Real - Philosophy and Documentary Film)

Summary:
“The following pages are the outcome of an experimental approach. Rather than including a classical interview, we decided to compose an imaginary conversation between documentary filmmakers, film scholars and philosophers from different contexts concerned with the philosophical, aesthetical and political dimensions of documentary film. In order to engage the discussion, we have sent a set of questions to each participant, requesting to either answer them directly, or to comment on related subjects. With the statements we have received, we have attempted to compose, through a dialogical structure, a virtual round table discussion. The following version is thus only a possible configuration. Another hypothetical version – which emphasizes potential connections between the contributions through a spatial and constellational montage – is available in the annex of this issue.” (Susana Nascimento Duarte & Stefanie Baumann)