ENG 360 RACE AND DOCUMENTARY FILM

This course looks at how documentary films representing race function as anthropological, imperialist, propagandist, and popular texts. Attention will be paid to questions of commodification and (self-)representation and to the responsibilities of filmmakers and spectators of film. Films may include Chronicle of a Summer, Through Navajo Eyes, and When the Levees Broke.

Credits

4

Cross Listed Courses

This is the same course as AFR 360/FLM 360.

Prerequisite

Open to juniors and seniors, and to others who have taken ENG 250 (formerly 220).

Enrollment Limit

Enrollment limited to 18 students.

Attributes

W