LATIN-AMERICAN CINEMA

Catalog description

This course is an introduction for students to Latin American Cinema. During this course, students will be introduced to some of the most representative Latin American film directors while they learn about Latin American history and culture through selected films. In addition, students will learn about the film industry in Latin America, and how this industry has had the opportunity to support and at times contest the norms of Latin American societies. Students will learn the "grammar" and language of the "camera", and how the camera and the script come together in cinema to determine ways in which Latin American is perceived by foreigners and how it perceives itself.Faculty: STAFF