Abstract
In this paper, I evaluate recent feature films about genocide, including The Cut (2014), 1915 (2015), The Promise (2016), First They Killed my Father (2017), and Bitter Harvest (2017), assessing the effectiveness of their representation of genocide and attempting to devise criteria for such representation. Although historicity has often been held as one of the main benchmarks of quality filmmaking about the Holocaust and other genocides, I argue that fictional representations may also be effective if they convey truths about trauma and avoid trivializing, fetishizing, or “beautifying” death.
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