Performance, emotion, and persuasion in The Ground Truth

While politically conscious documentaries have become increasingly popular in recent years, some scholars have questioned the extent to which these texts are able to promote actual socio-political change. As a means of investigating this issue, this paper looks to the motivational potential of one recent radical documentary: Patricia Foulkrod's The Ground Truth (USA, 2006). By examining the film's performances through the lens offered by the …