1. Describe how the documentary is organized.
2. Does this documentary make a claim? If so, what is it?
3. Is there an attempt in the documentary to unionize the audience with the community, that is, is the audience drawn into the community through we/us statements? Are there other ways Turnley attempts to make the audience feel like the events in the documentary could happen to anyone anywhere?
4. Give an example of how logos is addressed in Shenandoah?
5. Is the Latino/a experience in Shenandoah generalized (is there an attempt to show that the experiences of the Latino/a community in Shenandoah are true for Latinos/as in other small towns or cities)?
6. Is there anything that could have been added to or explored in the documentary that would have improved yoi understanding of the situation?
7. What were you feeling emotionally as you watched the film? Did the content resonate with you? Did you find yourself taking a side?
8. Spence et al. (2011) writes, "Documentarians are not free to reinvent the world as they please; however, an given set of events that actually occurred can be arranged in any number of ways.
And like their counterparts the entertainment industry, documentary makers rely on different strategies to arrange the various materials i their films" (p. 114). Comment on how the events of the film are arranged. Do you think Turnley "reinvented" parts of the world as it exists in Shenandoah?
9. Would you describe Shenandoah as a propaganda film? Explain your answer.
10. Do you believe the people of Shenandoah were fairly portrayed?