History is mostly curated and told years or even centuries later by persons not directly involved. But the twentieth century video camera brought us history on the run, produced by journalists, and now the cell phone records events and stories told by the participants themselves in real time. The finest example of this New History is the newly released Netflix documentary, “Winter on Fire” or the story of Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity that overthrew an oppressive and violent regime in ninety-one days. The film is chronological and chaotic, just as history is, and an editing triumph comprised of amateur footage, …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
