Portuguese 381 - SEM: PORTUGUESE & BRAZ STUDIES

Topics course. This course makes reference to the pioneering legacy of key figures in Brazilian filmmaking, such as Susana Amaral, Helena Solberg and Tizuka Yamasaki. These directors' early works addressed issues of gender and social class biases by subtly shifting the focus of their films to marginalized or peripheral subjects. We also examine the work of contemporary filmmakers, among them Lucia Murat, Tata Amaral, Lais Bodanzky and Anna Muylaert, focusing on the ways in which they incorporate sociopolitical topics and/or gender issues. Course conducted in Portuguese. Prerequisite: 200-level course in Portuguese, or the equivalent.

Topic: Multiple Lenses of Marginality: New Brazilian Filmmaking by Women. Instructor permission. Not open to first-years, sophomores