{"product_id":"9798765137888","title":"Reenactment Hybrid Documentaries and Fictional True Stories","description":"\u003ch1\u003eReenactment\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHybrid Documentaries and Fictional True Stories\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFabrizio Cilento\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReenactment: Hybrid Documentaries and Fictional True Stories\u003c\/i\u003e explores a series of 21st-century films based on recent historical events that blur the lines between fiction and nonfiction to the point that they become virtually indistinguishable, befuddling what constitutes social engagement and opening up to networked environments and online participatory activism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt discusses films based on real occurrences such as \u003ci\u003e12: 08 East of Bucharest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Will Be Blue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLemon Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Salt of this Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Social Network; \u003c\/i\u003eself-reflexive documentaries such as \u003ci\u003eThe Look of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThis Is Not a Film\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWrite Down, I Am an Arab\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Viewing Booth, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eExit Through the Gift Shop; \u003c\/i\u003eand Netflix series such as \u003ci\u003eNarcos\u003c\/i\u003e. These films incorporate multiple reenactments, scripted scenes, or fictional characters to enhance non-linear narratives. Filmmakers adopt an immersive style by using handheld digital cameras, experimental visuals, and at times performing as themselves in front of the camera.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe question of historical (in)accuracy, scholarly versus marketable understandings of the recent past, and the relationship between the screen and contemporary sociopolitical events is central. On the one hand, the works under consideration are a direct product of the 21st-century digital environment and contemporary political and aesthetic democratization. On the other hand, they reveal an oxymoronic nostalgia for the period that immediately preceded them (the so-called age of three worlds) and has been washed away by the recent upheavals. The return to a pre-digital past becomes, for the directors, one expedient to look at facts with a fresh, non-adulterated gaze from the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFabrizio Cilento\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Film \u0026amp; Digital Media at Messiah University, USA. He is the author of the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eSomewhere Else \u003c\/i\u003eand of the academic book \u003ci\u003eAn Investigative Cinema: Politics and Modernization in Italian, French, and American Film\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), which explores the intersection between politics, recent history, and the aesthetics of moving images.  He is the Chair of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Translation\/Publication Committee, Chair of the Film Studies Area of the Popular Culture Association, collaborates with the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Popular Film \u0026amp; Television\u003c\/i\u003e, is serving on the Advisory Board of \u003ci\u003eFilm Matters\u003c\/i\u003e, and regularly teaches summer courses about film locations at the Sant'Anna Institute in Sorrento, Italy and at Gordon College in Orvieto, Italy.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 November 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765137888\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e216\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223601086604,"sku":"9798765137888","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_c061577e-442f-4898-bde8-390c55ba4a42.jpg?v=1783078555","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798765137888","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}