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Participation in anthropological cinema: the case of Question Bridge, from video installation to online collaborative interface

  • Ariadna Ruiz Almanza
  • Carmen Lucia Gómez Sánchez
  • Fabiola Alcala Anguiano

Cn the digital era, the emergence of non-linear documentary formats in the online space represents a propitious scenario for the symbiosis between different frontiers: the reconfiguration of the medium and practices, the expansion of the modalities of participation and the conversion of the subjects of representation into authors of the audiovisual text. How can we think of a documentary that transcends the single screen, the linear format, that includes us as co-authors of the work, in a product where participation is central? To analyze this phenomenon, the anthropological documentary Question Bridge (2012-present), a project about identity and masculinity in the African-American community, which puts on the table the possibilities and scope of participation in film, is taken as a case study.