Black Cinema Movements

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This course will examine Black cinematic movements. It investigates the imagery, aesthetics, themes, and politics of how Black filmmakers throughout the African Diaspora narrate, translate, and adapt Black experience, histories, and cultures to the big screen. Topics and periods that may be covered: silent and race movies, anthrpology films, musicals, Blaxploitation, Third Cinema, Black Independents, Black New Wave, LA Rebellion, New Queer Cinema, Hollywood, Atlanta/Southern Studio, ARRAY, Black women filmmakers, film festivals and workshops, community schools, and new media.