This article considers documentary film as a format for critique and alternative viewings of the geopolitical. To do so, it reviews work in film studies on documentary film, emphasizing the theorization of the documentary ethos and the role of filmmakers in determining how documentaries depict reality. Identifying three points of consonance between documentary films and critical geopolitics, it reviews the geopolitical nature of many topical choices, the importance of authorial intent and creation, and the viewing of documentaries as texts whose interpretation is determined by their creators and viewers. The conclusion advocates for documentary film as a basis for a return to the consideration of format in critical geopolitics.

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反地缘政治的电影眼：纪录片和批判地缘政治

本文认为纪录片是对地缘政治进行评论和另类观看的一种形式。为此，它回顾了纪录片电影研究的工作，强调了纪录片精神的理论化和电影制片人在决定纪录片如何描绘现实中的作用。它确定了纪录片和批判地缘政治之间的三个共鸣点，它回顾了许多主题选择的地缘政治性质，作者意图和创作的重要性，以及将纪录片视为文本，其解释由其创作者和观众决定。该结论主张将纪录片作为重返地缘政治中考虑格式的基础。