Overview
For this documentary evaluation paper assignment, you will be writing a short paper about the three short documentaries we watched last week, styled like a book review that would be published in a scholarly journal. Book reviews in journals move beyond “It was great” or “I hated it” to evaluate what the book (or, in this case, documentary) was supposed to address, and whether this goal was ultimately reached.
Documentaries:
- Brotherhood of Skiiers (2018) (Links to an external site.)
- This Land (2020) (Links to an external site.)
- We Hike to Heal (2020)
In a short paper of 700 to 800 words, address the following question; make sure to have a clear introduction and conclusion to your paper, as well:
1) What is the intention in presenting these documentaries?
- In other words, what is Faith E. Briggs documenting, explaining, interpreting, or describing?
- What is the big question or questions from this collection of documentaries?
2) How is are documentaries presented?
- How are they organized, and how does the discussion in the documentaries proceed?
- Is this organization and presentation ultimately effective?
3) Do the documentaries succeed in answering the questions posed in the documentary?
- Are they worthwhile questions, and are they answered to your satisfaction?
- What, if anything, was ignored by the documentary that should have been included to make it more persuasive or watchable?