Introduction:
This paper will look at the Case Study: Docudramatizing Entebbe and look at how one’s perception has, to a large extent, been shaped by films and images rather than rational explanations and history. This paper will look in a comparative perspective two films, Raid on Entebbe (USA 1976), and 7 Days at Entebbe (UK/USA 2017) and will investigate the viewer’s perception and memory on the events that occurred in Entebbe. This paper will describe the similarities and differences and use this to summarize the findings on the unique role of docudrama.
Definition of Docudrama
“Docudrama is a type of drama (usually a film, television show, or play) that combines elements of documentary and drama. It may consist entirely of actors performing recreations of documented events, or (in the case of film and television docudramas) may combine that with contemporaneous footage of the events themselves” (http://encyclopedia. thefreedictionary.com/Docudrama). Entebbe was a rescue mission performed by several IDF units in Uganda – 4,000 kilometers from Israel – on July 4th 1976, for the liberation of Jewish and Israeli hostages.
According to Kaiser, docudrama is a combination of real events and fiction as he defines it as the “dramatization of actual events using actors and actresses as opposed to a pure documentary, which uses real people and events” (1980, p. 42). Docudrama is usually based on historical events, thereby providing an analysis of past events.
