African American Cinema

Catalog description

This course studies the rich and diverse history of African American Cinema from the silent era to the present day. The course’s primary texts of study are Independent films directed by African American filmmakers, occasionally considered in dialog with selected Hollywood representations of African Americans. The course particularly emphasizes Black Film Aesthetics as a politics of representation and counter-representation—the ways in which film is used as a medium of protest, resistance, and cultural affirmation.