Topic:
The authenticity of a documentary is ‘deeply linked to notions of realism and the idea that documentary images are linked to notions of realism and the idea that documentary images bear evidence of events that actually happened, by virtue of the indexical relationship between image and reality’ Horness Roe. A. (2013) Animated Documentary. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
My understanding:
Horns-Rowe says that documentary verisimilitude is “deeply tied to the idea of realism, the image of the documentary is tied to the idea of realism, and the image of the documentary gives proof of actual events by virtue of the indexical connection between image and reality.”