What Steyerl means when he talked about how the “unbroken belief” of the documentary form is that a documentary doesn’t have to be accurate or clear. People are affected by the emotional effects that these films give and they will believe that it is the truth. What he means is documentaries nowadays convey emotions instead of more telling the real truth. For Steyerl, he thinks “truth lies in their expression” for fiction.
Authenticity and representation are important in the media we consume as it Steyerl says “They familiarize us with the world but give us no possibility for taking part in it.”. It is important as it makes the viewers feel emotions and feel like they are taking part in the movie. Without it, films would be boring. Live broadcast reveals to us the truth. It is a real-time unedited video that tells us the truth of what is happening in real-time. Live broadcast provides authenticity.