SPA 405 SHOT IN SPANISH

Covering a wide thematic and geographic range (including most of the Spanish speaking world, including the United States), the course explores a series of critically acclaimed box office hits.  Through an interdisciplinary approach, the course covers a wide range of films from Spain to Latin America to the U.S.  Students will focus on issues of history, national identity, gender,  and social class among others.  Films include Todo sobre mi madre (Pedro Almodovar), El Laberinto de Fauno (Guillermo del Toro), La teta asustada (Claudia Llosa), and Coco (Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina).