The making of Ophir - Bougainville stories and silences: An exploration of the documentary

Bacon, W; Gooch, N

The making of Ophir - Bougainville stories and silences: An exploration of the documentary

Bacon, W Gooch, N

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Publisher:: Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Pacific Journalism Review – Te Koakoa, 2021, 27, (1 & 2), pp. 150-172
Issue Date:: 2021-09-30

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Bacon, W
dc.contributor.author	Gooch, N
dc.date.accessioned	2022-07-04T21:29:45Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-04T21:29:45Z
dc.date.issued	2021-09-30
dc.identifier.citation	Pacific Journalism Review – Te Koakoa, 2021, 27, (1 & 2), pp. 150-172
dc.identifier.issn	1023-9499
dc.identifier.issn	2324-2035
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/158621
dc.description.abstract	<jats:p>This article focuses on the making of the award-winning film Ophir in the context of issues relevant to journalism and documentary production. It explores how a partnership of filmmakers, scholars and Bougainvillean community leaders worked to create a documentary that goes beyond bare facts to create deeper meaning. Based on an interview with one of the filmmakers, Olivier Pollet, it discusses issues of archival research, gender, distribution and language. It raises ethical questions about how mining company Rio Tinto used an anthropologist to produce covert corporate intelligence in the 1960s. Through a discussion of the work of independent investigative journalist Antony Loewenstein, it considers how recent Australian aid policy was used to shape public debate about options for Bougainville. It highlights the importance of supporting grassroots storytelling that penetrates distorted mainstream media narratives, especially at a time of shifting geopolitical interests. </jats:p>
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library
dc.relation.ispartof	Pacific Journalism Review – Te Koakoa
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.24135/pjr.v27i1and2.1218
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	1902 Film, Television and Digital Media, 1903 Journalism and Professional Writing, 2001 Communication and Media Studies
dc.title	The making of Ophir - Bougainville stories and silences: An exploration of the documentary
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	27
utslib.for	1902 Film, Television and Digital Media
utslib.for	1903 Journalism and Professional Writing
utslib.for	2001 Communication and Media Studies
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2022-07-04T21:29:43Z
pubs.issue	1 & 2
pubs.publication-status	Published online
pubs.volume	27
utslib.citation.issue	1 & 2

Abstract:

This article focuses on the making of the award-winning film Ophir in the context of issues relevant to journalism and documentary production. It explores how a partnership of filmmakers, scholars and Bougainvillean community leaders worked to create a documentary that goes beyond bare facts to create deeper meaning. Based on an interview with one of the filmmakers, Olivier Pollet, it discusses issues of archival research, gender, distribution and language. It raises ethical questions about how mining company Rio Tinto used an anthropologist to produce covert corporate intelligence in the 1960s. Through a discussion of the work of independent investigative journalist Antony Loewenstein, it considers how recent Australian aid policy was used to shape public debate about options for Bougainville. It highlights the importance of supporting grassroots storytelling that penetrates distorted mainstream media narratives, especially at a time of shifting geopolitical interests.

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