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States of Emergency, Then and Now: Artists’ Reflections on Sustained Turbulence and FLEFF
Patricia R. Zimmermann opens her book “States of Emergency: Documentaries, Wars, Democracies” (2000) with a reality-check: “We are poised on a crumbling, frightening precipice as we edge into the enigmatic morphing media landscapes of the twenty-first century. Whether...
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