World Cinema

Catalog description

This class explores a range of competing terms at the intersection of transnationalism, globalization and political/activist cinema. These include ‘Third Cinema’ (Solanas & Getino), ‘Intercultural Cinema’ (Marks), ‘Accented Cinema’ (Naficy), ‘Minor Cinema’ (Deleuze and others), etc. Topics for discussion include global flows, border crossing, place and displacement, migration and mobility, minorities and diaspora, social invisibility and censorship, protest and resistance.