Module 6 - Big and small screen
Unit 6.2 - Types of programmes: Non-fiction programmes


7. Correct these false statements.

7.1. Documentaries and reportages are fiction programmes. aperta
7. Correct these false statements.

7.2. It is easy to decide on the length, focus, and subject of a media inquiry. aperta
7. Correct these false statements.

7.3. A documentary is more specific than a reportage. aperta
7. Correct these false statements.

7.4. The audience is irrelevant in a talk show. aperta
7. Correct these false statements.

7.5. Real TV often involves celebrities. aperta
7. Correct these false statements.

7.6. News broadcasting can be biased only because of the journalist presenting the news. aperta
7. Correct these false statements.

7.7. Voice over refers to the addition of subtitles to a programme. aperta
7. Correct these false statements.

7.8. The voice of voice over is irrelevant. aperta
8. Fill in the blanks with the words given below.

accounts • reels • aired • filmmaker • footage • viewer • documentaries • festivals • unlike • Lens

Our Disappeared
Juan Mandelbaum is an Argentinian 1. living in the United States since 1977. One of his most relevant 2. is Our Disappeared, exploring what happened to his former girlfriend Patricia and to other people who disappeared during that reign of terror represented by the 1976-1983 military dictatorship, interviewing surviving family members and the now grown-up children of those who disappeared. He uses rare archival 3. and interviews: old photographs, film 4. , and documents that help visually reconstruct historical events. 5. other historical documentaries, Our Disappeared impacts on the 6. because Mandelbaum intimately knew the victims whose tragedy he was documenting. Therefore, their firsthand 7. add depth and credibility to this documentary: their portraits are vivid and their suffering at the hands of the torturers is visceral, not obscured by the passage of time or anonymity. It was 8. on the PBS series “Independent 9. ” in 2008 and “Global Voices” in 2011 and played at more than thirty 10. worldwide.
Adapted from: http://www.ourdisappeared.com