The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia.
| Other author | Mercury Films (Firm), distributor. |
| Other author | Kanopy (Firm), distributor. |
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Mercury Films, 2004. |
| Publication | [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016. |
| Description | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (71 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound |
| Supplemental Content | A Kanopy streaming video |
| Supplemental Content | Cover Image |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | The True Meaning of Pictures is a feature length documentary which addresses the issue of representation in documentary photography by examining the work of American photographer Shelby Lee Adams.. More specifically, the film seeks to (i) spend time with the subjects of Adam's work, in order to get to know them better and (ii) address the controversy and response Adams' photographs generate, which involves the politics of representation. Both strands of the film will combine to explore the larger-- and also self-reflexive-- issue of whether it is possible to "document" a community. The emotional intention is to compel viewers to move beyond voyeurism into empathy, so that by the end of the film they will feel authentically connected to people with whom they assume they have nothing in common.. |
| General note | In Process Record. |
| General note | Title from title frames. |
| General note | Film |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Originally produced by Mercury Films in 2004. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Terms of use | Public performance rights included in purchase. |
| Genre/form | Documentary films. |
| Publisher number | 1201751 Kanopy |