Stirring Up Spectres: Ben Lawrence's 'Ghosthunter' and the Documentarian's Duty of Care

Beginning as a work investigating a man specialising in paranormal services, Ghosthunter unfolds into an account of Jason King's confrontation with the ambiguities and anguish that have bedevilled his life to date. In the process, filmmaker Ben Lawrence becomes not just a chronicler of a story but a confidant of his subject, writes Hanna Schenkel.

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portrait, biography, memory, grief, childhood trauma, vulnerable, sexual abuse, domestic violence, substance abuse.