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CINE 380L - Afro-Luso-Brazilian Cinema


3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded (includes P/F option)
Not repeatable for credit

Description:
This course examines some of the film cultures of Brazil, Portugal, and Lusophone Africa (more specifically, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cabo Verde, and Angola), including their representations of popular culture, poverty and famine, underdevelopment, favelas and musseques, classism, racism, sexuality, gender and childhood. At the same time, the course analyzes movie language, film aesthetics, social debates about cinema and social role of the filmmaker by comparing and contrasting national cinema industries of Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, and Portugal. All films will be spoken in Portuguese and West African Portuguese Creoles but subtitled in English.

Course Note
LATAM 380L and CINE 380L are the same course.

This course is cross-listed as LATAM 380L

Distribution Area: World Cultures
Diversity Area: International
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