ABSTRACT In recent years the number of diverse forms of cultural productions focused on the perpetrators has increased significantly eliciting thus a turn toward this problematic figure. The originality of these narratives lies in the shift in point of view they propose: their protagonists, rather than being the victims of the atrocities, are instead their perpetrators. A significant number of documentary films examining crimes against humanity from the perpetrators’ perspective have been released in the two first decades of this century. This current tendency, which I call ‘perpetrator documentary film’, together with the growing scholarly interest in the explorations of the perpetrator underscore the timeliness of the present special issue titled ‘The Perpetrator of Crimes Against Humanity in Global Documentary Film’. It aims to explore how the perpetrator of crimes against humanity is represented in recent documentary films (2000–2019) in different sociocultural contexts around the world. This article seeks three objectives: First, the contextualization of this especial issue within the already established perpetrator studies. Second, the introduction of different angles from which the complexity of the perpetrator might be explored. Lastly, outlining the special issue introducing the nine articles which together with this introductory article shape this special issue. The documentary films object of study in these articles are contextualized in the following contexts: Indonesian, Cambodian and Rwandan genocides, Chilean and Argentine dictatorship, Spanish Civil War and its aftermaths, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Nazi legacy, South Africa Apartheid and USA´s state perpetrations.

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反人类罪的肇事者及其在纪录片中的表现的介绍性思考

摘要 近年来，以肇事者为中心的各种形式的文化产品数量显着增加，从而导致转向这个有问题的人物。这些叙事的独创性在于他们提出的观点的转变：他们的主角，而不是暴行的受害者，而是他们的肇事者。在本世纪的头两个十年里，已经发行了大量从犯罪者的角度审视危害人类罪的纪录片。我称之为“肇事者纪录片”的当前趋势，加上学术界对肇事者探索的兴趣日益浓厚，突出了当前题为“全球纪录片中危害人类罪的肇事者”的特刊的及时性。它旨在探索在世界各地不同的社会文化背景下，最近的纪录片（2000-2019）中如何代表危害人类罪的肇事者。本文寻求三个目标：首先，在已经建立的肇事者研究中对这一特殊问题进行背景化。第二，引入不同的角度，可以探索犯罪者的复杂性。最后，概述介绍九篇文章的特刊，这些文章与这篇介绍性文章一起构成了本期特刊。这些文章中的纪录片研究对象在以下背景下进行了背景化：印度尼西亚、柬埔寨和卢旺达的种族灭绝、智利和阿根廷的独裁统治、西班牙内战及其后果、以色列-巴勒斯坦冲突、纳粹遗产、