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DMST 440 African American Cinema

Credit 3
The goal of this course is to critically examine the history, culture, politics, concepts and issues related to African American film experience. While focusing on representations of African American life, culture and politics as reflected in mainstream and independent cinema, we will review the manner in which African Americans have participated in the film experience including, but not limited to, the process of writing, directing, acting, producing, critiquing, and, as audience members, consuming. Students will be introduced to several theories of film and race as we study the construction and meaning of African American cinema from the past and present, and the political significance of African American images in popular culture.   Prerequisite(s): DMST 230  


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