Fantastic journeys in animation

A thread on an academic media blog about the use of animation in documentaries questions the existential possibility for a fully animated documentary to exist. The author wonders, if a film is completely animated, without using any archival footage, how can it still be considered 'documentary?' Respondents to the blog argue that animated docs lack 'actuality' and question the ethics of passing an animated work off as non-fiction.

September 1, 2008

A thread on an academic media blog about the use of animation in documentaries questions the existential possibility for a fully animated documentary to exist. The author wonders, if a film is completely animated, without using any archival footage, how can it still be considered 'documentary?' Respondents to the blog argue that animated docs lack 'actuality' and question the ethics of passing an animated work off as non-fiction.