Environmental Filmmaking

Catalog description

As a documentary workshop in social-impact filmmaking, this course focuses on the transformative power of visual storytelling to address the pressing environmental issues of our times. Students will watch a variety of environmental films, and make their own short documentary and media projects, telling solutions-oriented stories about environmental issues. This course is designed to give students the opportunity to collaborate with environmental NGOs, foundations, and NMSU faculty and students in other departments working on environmental issues in the Southwest and Borderlands region. By harnessing the power of visual storytelling to address the pressing challenges of our times, students will be empowered to become content creators and change makers having impact in the world. Restricted to DFM majors. May be repeated up to 3 credits.