LATAM 380 - Brazilian Cinema

3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once

Description:
This course examines Brazilian cinema from multiple perspectives. It explores the ways that Brazilian filmmakers used themes such as popular culture, the Sertao, poverty, and childhood to explore questions of historical representation and collective memory, politics, the economy, sexuality, sentiment, and patriarchy. The course also analyzes film language and aesthetics, social debates about cinema and social role of the filmmaker by connecting Brazilian cinema to Brazilian intellectual history and visual culture.

Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International

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