Spring 2018  |  CSCL 3212W Section 001: Documentary Cinema: History and Politics (66967)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018
Thu 06:00PM - 09:00PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 125
Enrollment Status:
Open (25 of 60 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Documentary cinema from its emergence in 1920s to present. Complex power relations between filmmakers and their subjects. Political appropriations of the genre.
Class Description:

Course Objectives

This course spans a vast territory that is even more extensive because it is nearly impossible to define and to limit. Certainly, in an effort to do so, we would first encounter the question of why one documents, or teaches, and its corollary, "how does one document well ?" Answering these two questions, or even one of them, would take more than a lifetime, which one hopes would demand more than fifteen weeks. So, for our purposes, we will select questions and problems inherent in this "paper tiger" category, explore them, and watch examples from a range of what is presented and marketed as documentary. With our readings, which will help us to navigate these issues, we should come to a fuller understanding of this genre, as students, critics, and creators and participants in our own rights.

CSCL 3212 COURSE USES A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPTION

Grading:
A-F and S/N
Exam Format:
This course will have a mid-term paper, and a final paper, in lieu of exams.
Class Format:
Lecture, Screening, Discussion, Independent Research and Writing
Workload:

Grading Format:

Participation/Moodle Journals: 40%

Papers: 50%

Peer-Editing: 10%


35 to 50 pages or Reading Weekly as a requirement

Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66967/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
8 January 2018

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