Film Studies 241 - GENRE/PERIOD: GLOBAL CINEMA

Spring
2015
01
4.00
Alexandra Keller
TTh 10:30-11:50; W 07:00-11:00
Smith College
40964-S15
SEELYE 201; SEELYE 201
akeller@smith.edu
Topics course. This course examines national film movements after the Second World War. The post-war period was a time of increasing globalization, which brought about a more interconnected and international film culture. But it was also a time during which certain key national cinemas defined, or redefined themselves. This course examines both trends, as well as focuses on the work and influence of significant directors and landmark films, emphasizing not only cultural specificity, but also crosscultural and transhistorical concerns. Films and film movements to be examined include: Italian Neo-realism, French New Wave, New German Cinema, Brazilian Cinema Novo, Chinese Fifth Generation, Hong Kong Action Cinema, and the films of Ousmane Sembene, Thomas Gutierrez Alea, Satyajit Ray, Akira Kurosawa, Julie Dash and Spike Lee.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.