Emotion, documentary and Van der Keuken's Face Value

This article discusses how the role of emotion in cognition can be explored through documentary form, as exemplified by the work of the late Dutch film-maker Van der Keuken. We argue that his work anticipates and supports recent developments within cognitive and phenomenological accounts of documentary. The article argues that Van der Keuken's work transcends a facile culture/nature divide, while remaining socially and politically committe