Death in documentaries : the Memento Mori experience Bennett-Carpenter, Benjamin 2018 Value inquiry book series. Philosophy of film ( Serie ) Leiden : Brill Rodopi 9789004356962 Abstract

In Death in Documentaries: The Memento Mori Experience, Benjamin Bennett-Carpenter suggests that documentaries are an especially apt form of contemporary memento mori; that is, documentaries offer transformative experiences for a viewer to renew one’s consciousness of mortality.