Amazonian News Network 2005
video, 5 minutes 45 seconds
Amazonian News Network explores the Female Soldier archetype, representing both gender transgression and patriotism in popular media since the 17th century, through the visual language of a 24-hour news channel. Segments, both factual and fictional, magnify a reporting style in which individual narratives overshadow broader sociopolitical contexts.
Seen on People Magazine, FOX News, and personal blogs, military women’s personal narratives have influenced our understanding of the conflict in Iraq. Depending on the situation, the news outlet, and the women’s own marketability, they have been lauded as patriotic heroes, disparaged as weak fighters, held up as poster girls for feminism gone awry, or not regarded as newsworthy.
The score was written and performed by musician/composer Paul Hogan.