By Glenn Dunks
Some facts will be long remembered.
Others won't be much remembered.
And then will be forgotten.
These are words spoken at the end of Rithy Panh’s stark 2011 documentary Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell. Not a happy film by any stretch, but these words at least partially explain why we need documentaries about the traumas of the past and why we should watch them.
I thought of this quote when I sat down to write about the new five-part PBS documentary series Asian Americans. Every five-minute stretch of this remarkable series comes with a story or anecdote or remembrance that could be lost to the greater history. It all but stunned me. Every episode ought to be a veritable blueprint to smart Hollywood producers and entrepreneurial independent film financiers.
Some facts will be long remembered.
Others won't be much remembered.
And then will be forgotten.
These are words spoken at the end of Rithy Panh’s stark 2011 documentary Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell. Not a happy film by any stretch, but these words at least partially explain why we need documentaries about the traumas of the past and why we should watch them.
I thought of this quote when I sat down to write about the new five-part PBS documentary series Asian Americans. Every five-minute stretch of this remarkable series comes with a story or anecdote or remembrance that could be lost to the greater history. It all but stunned me. Every episode ought to be a veritable blueprint to smart Hollywood producers and entrepreneurial independent film financiers.
- 5/20/2020
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
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