Communicating Politics Through Film

Catalog description

This course focuses on cinematic representations of politics that shed light on politicians, political institutions and political events. Films explored include biographical dramas about political actors, stories about governance and campaigning, and representations of partisan disputes over public policy. In this course students will investigate how films typically address broader issues of justice, fairness, civic engagement, and the nature of argument and public discourse. Prerequisite(s): declared COM major/minor with A COM 265X, and majors must have completed a statistics/logic course (A COM 275 or A MAT 108 or A SOC 221 or R CRJ 281 or A PSY 210 or A PHI 210).