Author Emily Rytmeister

Emily Rytmeister

Emily Rytmeister is an academic, writer, and filmmaker, currently teaching across the Film, Media, Design and Arts programs at Western Sydney University, Macquarie University, and University of Sydney. She has a PhD in documentary film and creative writing and has worked behind-the-scenes in film, television, music, and live entertainment.

From Domestic Ethnography to a Cinema of Mourning: Finding the Father on Film

Emily Rytmeister

August 2024

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In the end, one must recognize that all this filling up and patching over of holes in the Real has its limits. And yet, as regards the work of mourning, cinema and video possess a remarkable potential for creat...