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FILM 476 Social Documentary in Latin America Units: 3.00
This course covers the history of the documentary form on Latin America, from its origins to the latest forms of digital activism and transmedia strategies in these countries.
Learning Hours: 108 (36 Lecture, 24 Laboratory, 48 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Registration in a FILM, MAPP, or COFI Plan.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Assess the different strategies adopted by Latin American filmmakers to represent their reality and the social, political, cultural and artistic agendas behind them.
- Deconstruct socio-political context behind the development of different Latin American documentaries and the way influences their creation.
- Differentiate the cinematic and narrative value offered by films produced in the Latin American region.
- Identify texts and manifestos that are key for the understanding of Latin American cinema and documentaries.
- Recognize key documentaries in the history Latin American Cinema explain the relationship between selected films covered in class and their cultural and socio-political context, as well as the political and cultural aesthetics and trends related to them.
- Review documentaries critically and employ specialized vocabulary when discussing them.