LATIN AMERICAN DICTATORSHIPS THROUGH FILM

Credit Hours: 3 · Undergraduate Lower-Level Course URL: pwc.rice.edu/

This course examines ways films have grappled with histories of dictatorship in Latin America, in the 20th century. We will use films alongside other historical and literary sources, to learn about various dictatorial regimes and explore broader questions about state violence, democracy, revolution, imperialism, justice, and memory.