Cinematic Representations of Transitional Justice and Human Rights

Abstract

Cinema is a powerful communicative tool that connects audiences to experiences, worlds, and feelings that they might not otherwise come across. This panel examines narratives of justice, conflict, and human rights in cinema. It takes seriously the potential for film to shape public understandings of, and opinions about, transitional justice and human rights, especially given the cultural capital afforded to popular culture. The papers in this panel explore the imaginaries of conflict and justice represented in film, and look at how film constitutes an alternate space wherein narratives of transitional justice and human rights are defined, contested, and communicated.