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CINE-3444: African American Images in Film

Description: Explores race and representations of African American images in film, from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Focuses on the social, political, economic, and historical milieu in which black film emerged and evolved. Examines gender issues in filmmaking. Reviews different genres, including race films, colorblind representations, and black exploitation films, and the appropriation of black representation and black images in film in the United States and elsewhere. Includes methods of film analysis, such as historical, master narrative structure, and archival research.

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Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: AFST-1714

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Crosslist: AFST-3444

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Sections Taught: 0

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