FS 444Q - Screen Decades

Prerequisites, FTV 140 and FS 244 or FS 245. Film studies and film and media studies majors and film studies and film and media studies minors have enrollment priority. This course examines American and/or a sampling of International cinema by specific decade (corresponding to the selection by the course instructor), with attention paid to both developments within popular filmmaking and film’s relation to historical context. Screenings and discussion will address Hollywood’s engagement with the popular culture of the period, regulations and politics, stardom, publicity, and the various film genre cycles or styles that emerged during the era. In addition to Hollywood production, the course may also consider documentary filmmaking, Art cinema, race and gender, spectatorship, and/or experimental film. Letter grade. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits