Many dramatic and shocking events are now recorded by the solemn and steady eye of surveillance cameras and eye witnesses with their mobile phones. Footage can be sourced from a variety of cameras providing material for programme-makers to reconstruct and at times manipulate the facts. But how are these sources used to show what happened in a crime scene? What are the ethics and boundaries for using public footage to reveal the truth? How likely is it that our audiences are being misled or the footage is being used to produce fake news? In this session you will see two strong documentaries exploring the limits of the use of public footage.
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