FILM 349 - National Cinemas- “Resist! The Revolutionary Events of ‘1968’ in International Cinema”
Time Days Sec Faculty
0930-1230p MTWRF 301 Abel, M
NOTE: Special fee--$30.
Aim:
The year “1968” is globally used as shorthand to signify events of resistance, revolt, and revolution—political events that have inspired the imagination of filmmakers around the world. This course affords students the opportunity to study what “1968” was about—to examine what happened, why, and with what consequences. We will do so by looking at how a range of national cinemas responded to the events of 1968 and their aftermath—responded as both “witnesses” to the events (films that were made more or less right at the time when they transpired) and “historiographers” (films that look back at the events with ever increasing historical distance). In so doing, this course gives students the chance not only to learn something about (film) history but also to think about what kind of images we might need TODAY in order to act upon our crisis-ridden era by countering it for the benefit of a time to come.