I think these stylistic elements were chosen because with images they paint and the emotions they tend to cause, based on what the picture may be. Also, the quotes might have been used to show to the audience that the Middle Passage was something that actually happened and the accounts of that, further bring out the heartbreak the viewers may feel and the injustice the African Americans endured. I think that if the director of this document choose other elements the message would definitely be different. Images and first-hand accounts tend to be the strongest supporting evidence a documentary can have since these events are being discussed from the past and some of the things that happened people cannot see in their head being that they have not experienced such
I think these stylistic elements were chosen because with images they paint and the emotions they tend to cause, based on what the picture may be. Also, the quotes might have been used to show to the audience that the Middle Passage was something that actually happened and the accounts of that, further bring out the heartbreak the viewers may feel and the injustice the African Americans endured. I think that if the director of this document choose other elements the message would definitely be different. Images and first-hand accounts tend to be the strongest supporting evidence a documentary can have since these events are being discussed from the past and some of the things that happened people cannot see in their head being that they have not experienced such