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| Abderrahmane Sissako. 2006. 115 m. NR. France. Archipel 33, Chinguitty Films, Mali Images. |
Notes on Theresa's lecture:
KONY 2012
- Released by an organization called Invisible Children
- Appeals to high school and college age students to stop child soldiers and Joseph Kony
- Video is a a great example of how our media works nowadays, viral, YouTube, 100 million views
- It was a surprise for the organization how it became and opened it up to a lot of criticism
- Makes the message very simple and doesn't provide any context
Angelina Jolie "humanitarian" advertisements
- From the head of Louis Vuitton loosely translated: Angelina is wearing her own clothes, that's her bag, it's amazing to see her not posing, in her natural environment
- "a single journey can change the course of a life" Cambodia, May 2011
- Non-profits are acting like corporations and vice versa
- "any publicity is good publicity" Yes, Angelina Jolie is doing philanthropic work, but it also keeps her relevant
- You used to be able to create content and that content lived within a media, it was fixed, now media can be picked up and changed and released again. Is this beneficial? Is this problematic?
In the WITNESS article Sam Gregory doesn't answer the question of when is simple too simple but does have some guidelines,
- simple is too simple when it models wrong solutions or counter productive impacts for the people involved
- simple is too simple if there is no next step in the ladder of engagement
- too simple if it misdirects an audience's understanding of systematic causes of an issue
- too simple if it perpetuates stereotypes/ denies agency of those affected by issue
- too simple if it misstates facts, uses materials out of context or breaches ethical ideas on representation
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