Sports and Film

Catalog description

This course examines the intersection of sports and film, specifically focusing on films in which sports are either prominently featured or taken as the subject ("sports films"). So as to cover the full spectrum of sports films, the course is split into two parts, the first highlighting narrative/fiction filmmaking and the second documentary filmmaking. In both parts of the course, students will examine the history of sports films, their industrial origins, their formal features, their ideological workings, and their place within the broader cultural landscape.