Freaks, Queers, and Outsiders: Filmmaking from the Margins

Catalog description

This introductory course examines film and video made in contrast and/or direct opposition to the cultural and aesthetic norms of their day. Critical reading on film and queer theory will guide viewing of the selected films and be the basis of class discussion. The course will focus on the ways that technological and social marginalization have been turned into conditions of creative productivity and influence. Small film production assignments will allow students to explore techniques that independent filmmakers have developed out of the necessary ingenuity required when working outside of and often as resistance to traditional filmmaking systems.