ABSTRACT

This article discusses Southwest of Salem: the story of the San Antonio four (2016, Deborah Esquinazi) as a feature-length example of the injustice narrative documentary. It studies links between its narrative strategies and emotional engagement using the principles of cognitive theory to explain the diverse ways such a film can be received by viewers. Despite its long history and popularity in journalism, literature, film and television, the true crime genre and its subcategories have rarely earned critical praise or value. The intention here is to discuss how we can value this documentary and others for the ways they encourage emotional engagement, not as a strategy designed merely for entertainment, but to encourage critical debate on the infallibilities of institutional discourses, especially the manipulation of emotion in the legal system. As a consequence, this article will argue injustice narrative documentaries are not simply cliched and voyeuristic sensationalism, but instead have a valid social purpose.

摘要

本文讨论了塞勒姆西南部地区：《圣安东尼奥四世》（2016年，黛博拉·埃斯奎纳齐）的故事，作为不公正叙事纪录片的长篇报道。它使用认知理论的原理研究其叙事策略与情感参与之间的联系，以解释观众可以通过何种方式来观看这部电影。尽管其悠久的历史并在新闻，文学，电影和电视中广受欢迎，但真正的犯罪类型及其子类别却很少获得批评或赞赏。这里的目的是讨论我们如何评价这部纪录片和其他影片，因为它们鼓励情感互动，而不是仅仅作为娱乐目的而设计的策略，而是旨在鼓励就体制话语的错误性，尤其是对情感操纵的批判性辩论。法制。