Enter World: exploring mediated cultures

Are documentaries the new zine?

When the copier became an accessible means of production, waves of activists began using them to self publish and connect with others through zines. With Google Video and other methods of sharing video without high production and distribution costs, documentaries seem to be more common and more outspoken. Are documentaries this decade’s activist communication tool?

Indeed, the weapons of choice for today’s urban guerillas remain undoubtedly mobile phones fitted with cameras and portable memory drives.