Documentary, parenting and belonging

My research examined the representation of care for children (parenting) in ABC documentary productions Jihad Sheilas, Katherine, NT and Intervention: Stories From The Inside. The research focus on Muslim and Aboriginal parents in Australia highlighted in these documentaries aimed to examine how depictions of the parent’s care for the child intersects with notions of national belonging. Based on these examples, my research found that the genre of documentary films can both be complicit with racist and objectifying practices, but also important in rebutting and challenging these. Find it here