Joshua Oppenheimer - In documentary filmmaking, there's a tradition of telling stories about vic...

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In documentary filmmaking, there's a tradition of telling stories about victims. We often do that from a very patronizing place, but mostly we do it from a very selfish place, to reassure ourselves that our lives are in sympathy and solidarity with the victims.

Joshua Oppenheimer

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Im Dokumentarfilm gibt es eine Tradition, Geschichten über Opfer zu erzählen. Wir tun das oft von einem sehr bevormundenen Ort aus, aber meistens tun wir es von einem sehr egoistischen Ort aus, um uns zu versichern, dass unser Leben mit den Opfern sympathisiert und solidarisch ist.

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