PMA 3550 - Global Cinema I

(crosslisted) COML 3261, VISST 3175
(GB) (ALC-AS, GLC-AS, LA-AS)

Fall. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Co-meets with PMA 6550.

S. Sheppard.

Global Cinema I and II together offer an overview of international film history from the late nineteenth century to today. Through a focus on key films and significant epochs, the course traces the evolution of form, style and genre, the medium’s changing technologies and business models, as well as film’s relation to broader cultural, social and political contexts. Screenings of narrative, documentary and experimental films will be accompanied by readings in film theory and history. (HTC)