French 331NW - Courses on Social and Political Issues and Critical Approaches: 'The French New Wave'

The New Wave was a series of films made in the late 1950s and in the 1960s by a group of Cinémathèque-loving pioneers who had seen almost every movie ever produced and particularly admired American and Russian cinema. This creative explosion won an aesthetic and political victory against an increasingly affluent, self-satisfied society, bringing about a revolution in the film industry that still echoes today.

Prereq: FREN-215, FREN-219, or FREN-225.