Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies

Historically contingent, culturally inflected, and formally innovative, Third World films are a major current in world cinema. This course surveys the cinematic traditions, practices, and thematic concerns of Third World cinemas. Emphasizing the political and cultural significations of cinema, select narrative fiction and documentary films are examined. Subjects under study include filmic approaches to colonialism and postcoloniality, cinematic formations and social processes, and the legitimizing and oppositional practices of film.