Listening gaze: research notes on the film Aylesbury Estate (2020)

Authors

  • Carlotta Berti Università degli Studi di Palermo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13133/2532-6562/17911

Keywords:

documentary cinema, Aylesbury Estate, listening gaze

Abstract

Aylesbury Estate (2020) is a feature-length non-fiction film about the well-known social housing estate in London, which I called home for a few years. Shot between 2017 and 2020, the film follows the existential journey of a group of residents who must face the long demolition process of their estate. Through the analysis of the process of making the film and the film’s final form, the article proposes a ‘listening gaze’ for conducting field research through documentary film practice.

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Published

2022-07-06

How to Cite

Berti, C. (2022). Listening gaze: research notes on the film Aylesbury Estate (2020). Tracce Urbane. Rivista Italiana Transdisciplinare Di Studi Urbani, 7(11). https://doi.org/10.13133/2532-6562/17911