Torchin, Leshu.

Creating the witness documenting genocide on film, video, and the Internet / [electronic resource] : Leshu Torchin. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2012. - viii, 267 p. : ill. - Visible evidence ; 26 . - Visible evidence ; v. 26. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: screen media and witnessing publics -- To acquaint America with ravished Armenia -- Witness for the prosecution: films at Nuremberg -- Reflections on the world stage: imagining fields of witnessing for Rwanda and the Balkans -- The work of WITNESS: negotiating the challenges of video advocacy -- iWitnesses and citizentube: focus on Darfur -- Conclusion: testimonial encounters and tempering the celebratory narrative.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780816681921 (electronic bk.)




Documentary films--History and criticism.
Genocide in motion pictures.
Genocide in mass media.


Electronic books.

PN1995.9.D6 / T63 2012

070.1/8