{"id":78,"date":"2008-03-09T17:24:30","date_gmt":"2008-03-09T21:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/2008\/03\/09\/socially-commited-docs-special-issue-of-the-quebec-magazine-possibles\/"},"modified":"2008-03-09T17:24:30","modified_gmt":"2008-03-09T21:24:30","slug":"socially-commited-docs-special-issue-of-the-quebec-magazine-possibles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/2008\/03\/09\/socially-commited-docs-special-issue-of-the-quebec-magazine-possibles\/","title":{"rendered":"Socially commited docs: special issue of the Quebec magazine ‘Possibles’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAndr\u00e9 Thibault, photo by Simon Bujold <\/em><\/p>\n

Invited by Andr\u00e9 Thibault<\/strong>, I recently had the opportunity to collaborate on the latest issue of the magazine ‘Possibles’<\/a> <\/strong>on the subject of \u2018Documentary: socially committed art’.<\/strong> ( my translation). In this issue you will find – in french -a round table with documentary filmmakers, articles on the collective Lucioles<\/a>, on Gilles Groulx<\/a>, on documentary film and women, <\/strong>and many other subjects. In addition to participating in the round table, I contributed an interview with India’s great documentarian Anand Patwardhan<\/a> and an article entitled ‘Time is on Our Side.’ I asked Andr\u00e9 Thibeault, editor in chief, a few questions about the magazine and the special issue.<\/p>\n

Could you tell us a little bit about the magazine ‘Possibles’?<\/strong><\/p>\n

This 31 year old journal was from the very beginning a review of progressive ideas and non-conformist criticism of an ideological orthodoxy, combining essays on political, social, economical and cultural subjects summed around a specific theme each time, and fictional and poetic writings. The founders were socially committted sociologists (ex. Marcel Rioux, Gabriel Gagnon) and poets (ex. Gaston Miron, Roland Giguere). The central theme, present in all different subjects examined over the years, is that of values found in emancipation and autonomy. The magazine is distributed by Dim\u00e9dia<\/strong><\/a> and is present in all major culturally oriented bookstores. You can also subscribe or order a copy by calling this number 514 529 1316. The web site Possibles<\/strong><\/a> offers the editorial and table of contents of previous issues, but isn’t interactive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why did you decide to publish a special issue on socially committed documentaries?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We thought that in the light of the recent revival of social movements and criticism, the documentary has emerged as a more mature art form and is now an equal and important partner to other more classical forms of mobilization and awareness rising, such as books, conferences, demonstrations. We needed to understand (and share it with our public) the specific contribution of documentary films and examine why are the creating such a craze. It was also an occasion to create bonds with different partners pursuing the same goals, but not having many opportunities to meet and even less to work together.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What did you learn while researching this issue?<\/strong><\/p>\n

First of all I became aware of the enthusiasm present in the virtual community of documentary filmmakers, this enthusiasm is as much social as it is creative. As I pointed out in my editorial, what really struck me is the strong bond between social involvement and empathy: more human emotion in the engagement and more social awareness in the exploration of the human emotion. The documentary filmmakers who stand for these tendencies don’t have a magical solution to propose and let-alone one to impose. They don’t divide the world in two categories, the all bad and the all good. Instead they reach out for the sensitive human being and the citizen present in all of us and they make us question ourselves and incorporate these ideas in a permanent and invigorated civic debate. And this by using all the artistic means to tell a story but a real one.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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