2022 Fall

FILM 30 001 - LEC 001

Film Aesthetics

Black Film and Visual Culture

Rizvana Bradley

Aug 24, 2022 - Dec 09, 2022

Tu, Th

02:00 pm - 03:29 pm

Dwinelle 142

Class #:24766

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Film and Media

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 0

Enrolled: 45

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 45

Waitlist Max: 5

No Reserved Seats

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 9 to 6 hours of outside work hours per week, and 0 to 3 hours of instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week.

Final Exam

TUE, DECEMBER 13TH

08:00 am - 11:00 am

Dwinelle 142

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Course Catalog Description

This course will focus on topics in the history, theory and aesthetics of sound cinema.

Class Description

Black Film and Visual Culture focuses on transatlantic black filmic and artistic movements, genres, and practices, with an eye towards situating their significance within the modern world. It addresses the politics, aesthetics, and historical conditions that continue to inform the intersections of blackness, gender, sexuality, and class. We will think about the visualization of desire, sexuality, and erotic identification, and the political implications of exploring these themes, particularly with respect to black embodiment. We will think about how cinema and contemporary post-cinematic art practices inherit and share themes of resistance and struggle. Students will learn how these analytics can be brought to bear on the aesthetic significance and cultural development of diverse yet interconnected Black diasporic film and art traditions.