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ENG 381. History of Global Cinemas


Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 010230 Grading Basis GRD

A historical and worldwide survey of major film movements from the silent era to the present-day, including Asian, European, African, American, Middle Eastern, Australasian and transnational cinemas. Focus will be placed on the aesthetics, politics and sociocultural contexts of global cinemas, with a focus on films that explore shifting ideologies and cultural identities in times of social tumult. Students will investigate how film movements worldwide respond to issues of geopolitics, globalization, colonization, nation-building, modernization, underdevelopment, migration and social marginalization.