Film Studies 385AV - American Avant-Garde Cinema

Spring
2017
01
4.00
Josh Guilford
T 01:15PM-04:05PM;M 07:30PM-09:30PM
Mount Holyoke College
99369
Art 219;Art 220
jguilfor@mtholyoke.edu
This course examines the history of American avant-garde film, paying special attention to the alternative cultural institutions that have facilitated experimental cinema's emergence and longevity in the U.S. since the 1940s. We will consider how the avant-garde's interest in creating an alternative cinema necessitated a dramatic reorganization of existing modes of filmic production, distribution, exhibition, reception, and preservation. Students will analyze the major artistic tendencies that have defined the postwar American avant-garde, as well as the broader institutional practices involved in the production and maintenance of experimental film culture.
Prereq: 8 credits in department including FLMST-201 or FLMST-202.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.