Response to Five Obstructions (2004) by Jorgen Leth & Lars von Trier.

It is a documentary film in which von Trier challenges Leth to remake his own 1967 short film, The Perfect Human, five times, each time with a different set of constraints or “obstructions.” The film explores the creative process and

Response to The Uncertainty of Documentarism by Hito Steyerl

The reading is about the challenge to the “unbroken belief” of documentary forms in the age of digital reproduction, and the increasing importance of affect over objective, institutionally guaranteed, even scientific integrity. The article discusses how documentary forms convey, regulate,