Far from Hollywood: The Representation of Youth in Contemporary World Cinema

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The purpose of this course is to give students the opportunity to explore the international field of film studies by watching, discussing, and writing about films that depict youth from a global perspective. This introduction to movie analysis will help students acquire basic analytical tools to critically approach a movie. We will examine the cultural elements of each film as well as some elements of film forms and explore how these elements come together to create meaning and film esthetics and how they are culturally relevant to the background the film is set in.