Performative

"Night and Fog"

      Perfomative documentaries emphasize on the viewers’ emotional response to the world, and subjective experience. This mode is highly emotional. Its goal is to broaden the perspective of the viewer, giving you insight into the world and how different cultures function. Additionally, it is created in the form of pathos, with the intent to persuade the audience’s feelings regarding the subject .

       Night and Fog was directed by Alain Resnais in 1955. It depicts the deplorable, and utter dehumanization of the Jews who resided in the concentration camps during the holocaust.