Basil Wright’s film “Housing Problems” (1935)
Here we have one of the first documentary films that features “interviewing.” Do you think the interviewees are “natural”? This is also a good opportunity to begin to deal with issues of representation. How is the subject of housing treated? How are the interviewees themselves treated? Do you think this film violates modern-day ethical standards as promulgated by the IRB? What is the value of looking at this kind of footage today?