ABSTRACT
Moving-image histories are never made on just one scale. They range across space and time in dynamic ways, focusing in on fleeting events in the lives of individuals, as well as global shifts. They do so not just to entertain their audiences, but also to engage them in what Aristotle called ethos, the effort of ethics. This chapter takes a step back from complaints that moving-image histories privilege small stories over big ones, and that they are consequently not trustworthy, and highlights that these criticisms can be seen as expressions of ethos. It makes the case that moving-image histories raise questions about ethics and scale in ways that we ought to recognize and celebrate.
