Drawn from Life, a multidisciplinary anthology, introduces readers to a diverse range of filmmakers past and present who use the animated image as a documentary tool. In doing so, it explores a range of questions that preoccupy twenty-first-century film artists and audiences alike.

Explores the rise of animated documentary and non-fiction in the 21st century Examines the digitalisation and virtualisation of culture as the backdrop for the rise of contemporary animated documentaries Focuses on the techno-cultural setting and explores multiple areas of non-fiction Offers a wide view of visual culture case studies including film, art, journalism, gaming, scientific and data visualization Confronting shifts in the status and aesthetics of the real, Nea Ehrlich analyses how contemporary technoculture has transformed the relationship of animation to documentary by mapping...