Agit-doc

09.09.2004

It's the term kicked around for the kind of work Michael Moore's famous for. It's a take on the term "agit-prop" developed in the 1930s. Of course, Moore's quite open & honest about his biases, and I give him credit for that. I stumbled upon an interview a conservative agit-doc filmmaker had w/ Moore, using a copy-cat style. In it, Moore's quite pleasant, and even encourages the filmmaker to "make his films" in the interest of open speech & dialogue. Once again, redeeming my original view of Moore.

The site also includes a work-in-progress edit of a film on political bias in universities (also clearly falling into the Moore-esque "agit-doc"). I try very hard to not let students know my biases; I wish more teachers felt that way. There's too much of a hierarchical power structure between teacher & student to do otherwise.

Enough about that. It's poker night!

Posted by Miguel at 07:53 PM