Maybe Petros is a short film in post-production. It was the focus of a presentation at the RAI Film Festival 2017 on Visual World of Difference. The paper was entitled

This Film is Not Ethnography: vulnerable groups, drama and a ‘lure’ for feeling.

What is considered “real” in visual ethnography has caused contention in anthropology. Ethnofiction has proved to be a useful way of working with vulnerable groups. It uses informants as actors and improvisation for authenticity. Fiction ethnography using a cast and crew might be considered by the discipline a step too far. This paper uses Alfred North Whitehead’s “lure” to argue that ethnodrama is a relevant way of working people who are reluctant to be the focus of attention. What is considered “real” in visual ethnography has caused contention in anthropology. Ethnofiction has proved to be a useful way of working with vulnerable groups. It uses informants as actors and improvisation for authenticity. Fiction ethnography using a cast and crew might be considered by the discipline a step too far. This paper uses Alfred North Whitehead’s “lure” to argue that ethnodrama is a relevant way of working people who are reluctant to be the focus of attention.

Catherine also on the panel discussion: Reclaiming Fiction with Issac Merrero Guilliamon, Nick Mai, Caterina Alves Costa, Barbara Knorpp and Johannes Sjoberg