Courses will be developed from time to time which examine various aspects of film studies, focusing on different problems, phenomena, practices and personalities. These are taught by permanent or visiting faculty, and will be generally specific to their specialization.
Course Master
Credits
4 credits
Pre-requisites
None
Co-requisites
None
Since its inception, Hollywood has been shaped by American mythologies of white supremacy and has impacted international cinema through this lens. Students in this course explore foundational eras of cinema language through the critical works of James Agee and James Baldwin as well as through the contemporary work of radical critical filmmakers from the contemporary age. The seminal texts of Richard Dyer and David Bordwell on whiteness and Hollywood classic forms provide a context for further exploring the evolution of race and cinema. Students engage with films from the segregationist and integrationist eras, as well as the Civil Rights, Blaxploitation and new black cinema periods. We analyse the impact of race on cinema's ability to raise questions about our world both in Hollywood and from diverse international perspectives.
Term
Spring 2021
Discipline
FM (Film)
| Day | Start Time | End Time |
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Friday
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15:20
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16:40
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Tuesday
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10:35
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11:55
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| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN Number |
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toms, coons, mulatto, mammies and bucks 4th edition
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Bloomsbury academic - Not Available at the Bookstore
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9780826412676
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Type
Regular
Can be taken twice for credit?
On
Level
Undergraduate
CAMS ID
41875
Code
FM3091
Learning Outcomes
Discuss race and representation, film representation and historical reality.
Place European cinemas within their social, political, cultural and historical contexts.
Write clearly about the history of cinema as well as its theories and aesthetics.
Develop a rhetoric for discussing race that manifests sensitivity and care.
Name
TOPICS: RACE AND CINEMA
First Name
Valérie
Last Name
Berty
Real name
Start Date
Sunday, January 17 2021
End Date
Tuesday, April 27 2021
Start Month
January
Exam Date
Friday, May 07 2021 - 18:30
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