Reel Resistance: Black Protest Cinema

Undergraduate

Discover in this course how U.S. cinema has long been a site of struggle over the meaning of Black protest. We will explore not only how filmmakers have depicted Black protest, but also how they have, often in nuanced and subtle ways, challenged racialized and gendered representations in mainstream U.S. cinema as a form of protest. Together, we will examine narrative and documentary films across different eras and genres to consider how cinema participates in broader questions of racialization, resilience, and resistance.