Blood Brothers

• Main Author: Quam, Jonathon David
• Other Authors: Levin, C. Melinda
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: University of North Texas 2012
• Subjects: Trauma; documentary; child abuse
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc149656/

Blood Brothers as a media project works as a diptych. There are two – seemingly identical – pieces of the project that must both be experienced to understand the project as a whole. The first piece of the project is the linear documentary. This part captures the experience as it exists in the past. It exists as a master copy of the original story of mine and my foster brother’s relationship. This version of the story will always exist in the past. The second part is the live-cinema documentary performance. In this version of the story, my foster brother and I are no longer only images on a screen; we are living, breathing, and emotional subjects in the present. Our presence alters how the audience consumes the material.