ARTH-316 African Americans in American Cinema

Exploration of the history of cinema produced by African Americans and the representation of African Americans in cinema. Topics include early cinema, D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation; Oscar Micheaux and the "race films" of the 1920s-1940s; early jazz films; Richard Wright’s Native Son as novel and films; radical 1960s-1970s experiments by William Greaves, Melvin Van Peebles, and the "LA Rebellion"; Daughters of the Dust; Spike Lee, and Marlon Riggs. Course hosts visits by accomplished filmmakers and scholars.

Maximum Enrollment

Standard Course (40)

(Social Structural and Institutional Hierarchies.)

Credits

1.00

Cross Listed Courses

CNMS-316