ENG 3770 - Multicultural Cinema

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1009 or ENG 1010 or ENG 1020 or ENG 1021

Description: This course covers four areas of multicultural cinema, including African-American Cinema, Asian-American Cinema, Native-American Cinema, and Latinx-American Cinema. Each unit focuses on representations of those specific groups throughout the history of cinema, prominent actors and directors, and how/if representations change over the course of cinema history. The course includes films about each group made by members of each of the groups as well as films made by filmmakers outside of the groups. The course also examines the historical, cultural, economic, and theoretical aspects of each cinematic area.

University Requirement(s): Ethnic Studies & Social Justice