WS 235 AGQ - Women in World Cinema

4 Credit(s)

Women in World Cinema is a survey course introducing students to visual texts made by women filmmakers from around the world. The course will cover different genres from full-length features, to shorts, documentaries, and ethnographic representations. GS 235 and WS 235 will include representative works by important filmmakers such as Suzana Amaral from Brazil, Kathryn Bigelow from the US, Iciar Bollain from Spain, Jane Campion from New Zealand, Safi Faye from Senegal, Deepa Mehta from India, Sally Potter from England, Agnes Varda from France and Li Yu from China. Students will critically examine, analyze, and evaluate national and international women's cinema in terms of form and techniques (light, camera, sound, cinematography) as well as content (themes, genres, ideology).

Prerequisite(s): None.