Film and the Ethical Imagination

Exploring the intersection of ethics and visual culture, this book introduces the concept of biovisual ethics, positing that images can create their own ethical narratives. It examines how cinema uniquely reveals alternative ways of being, focusing on contemporary art films and documentaries that address ethical dilemmas through their form. Key films like The Nine Muses and Amour illustrate an ethical imagination characterized by openness and a challenge to dominant visual representation practices, emphasizing the complexity of ethical engagement in visual storytelling.