From Angola to Yugoslavia. Journalism, war conflicts and animated documentary

• Main Authors: Javier Moral Martín, Beatriz del Caz Pérez
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universitat Politècnica de València 2020-09-01
• Series: Con A de Animación
• Subjects: modelos educativos; animación experimental; documental interactivo; tejido social; reconciliación
• Online Access: https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/CAA/article/view/13983

This paper focuses on Another Day of Life (Raúl de la Fuente, Damian Nenow, 2018) and Chris the Swiss (Anja Kofmel, 2018), two recent animated documentary feature films which delve into two important war conflicts that defined the historical development of the second half of the 20th century. These films complaint about the violation of Human Rights through the experiences of their main characters — who witnessed firsthand such historical events. On the one hand, Another Day of Life reenacts the experience of a Polish reporter, Richard Kapuscinski, who visited Angola in 1975, in the midst of a war that culminated in the decolonization of the African country as a Portuguese province. On the other hand, Chris the Swiss approaches the Balkans war during the 90s, following Anja Kofmel’s personal research developed about the tragic decease of her own cousin, then a young reporter named Christian "Chris" Würtenberg.