Black Studies 230 - Spike Lee's Joints

Spring
2020
01
4.00
John Drabinski
TTH 01:00PM-02:20PM
Amherst College
BLST-230-01-1920S
FAYE 115
jedrabinski@amherst.edu
BLST-230-01,FAMS-358-01

(Offered as BLST 230 [D] and FAMS 358) In offering extended formal considerations of Spike Lee’s cinematic oeuvre – in particular his uses of light, sound, and color – this course is interested in how shifting through various modes of critical inquiry can enable or broaden different kinds of cultural, political, or historical engagement with a film. We will also pay special attention to the question of what it means to encapsulate a specific cultural moment, particularly vis-à-vis the often differing demands of fictional and non-fictional representation. As well, Lee’s aesthetic techniques, cultural politics, and wide-ranging critique of the American racial caste system will help us think about the role of film in ongoing struggles for racial justice.

Spring semester. Professor Drabinski.

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