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Film & Documentary Practice


Why We Tell Stories: Documentary, Memory, and the Work of Healing
Stories are everywhere. They are captured, shared, and consumed at speed. But documentary — at its best — is not content. It is witness. We tell stories not to perform pain, but to honour experience. Not to extract meaning, but to allow meaning to emerge. In families and communities, stories often carry what cannot be easily spoken: loss, rupture, survival, love. When these stories remain untold, they do not disappear. They are carried quietly — across generations, relationsh
Dec 23, 2025
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