Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. INTRODUCTION: FILM AND HISTORY 1
5. 1. MICROHISTORY AND DOCUMENTARY FILM 14
6. 2. THE ARCHIVE IN THE MICROHISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY 41
7. 3. PÉTER FORGÁCS’S HOME MOVIE CHRONICLE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: THE MAELSTROM, FREE FALL, AND CLASS LOT 65
8. 4. THE INCARCERATION OF JAPANESE AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II: SOMETHING STRONG WITHIN, A FAMILY GATHERING, FROM A SILK COCOON, AND HISTORY AND MEMORY 95
9. 5. RITHY PANH’S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVE OF THE CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE: THE MISSING PICTURE 127
10. 6. IDENTITIES AND CONFLICTS IN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE: ISRAEL: A HOME MOVIE, FOR MY CHILDREN, MY TERRORIST, MY LAND ZION, AND A WORLD NOT OURS 152
11. 7. THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN JONAS MEKAS’S LOST, LOST, LOST 188
12. EPILOGUE: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE 221
13. Filmography 231
14. Notes 233
15. Bibliography 263
16. Index 277