Film Studies 310PB - The Prison Birth Project

This course will study critical digital media production, using the Prison Birth Project's work at the intersection of the reproductive justice movement and the battle for incarcerated people's rights as the applied focus of course work. Assigned readings will focus on documentary ethics and questions of representation, reproductive justice and the carceral state, grassroots fundraising, alternative organizational structures, and the relationship between art and activism. Skills-based class sessions will introduce several modes of media production, including digital storytelling, video production and post-production, smartphone digital photography, and graphic design. This community-based learning course will culminate in a group project, collaborating to generate media content the Prison Birth Project may use for public education and advocacy.