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Start date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
Course Description:
This seminar uses film to explore and discuss international relations, especially the problems of war and peace, revolution, human rights, nationalism, state-building, ethnic & sectarian conflict, urbanization, and globalization. We view, interpret, and critique a series of classic and contemporary films, aided by parallel commentaries from a range of social and political observers. Focusing on one feature-length film each week, we write regular analytical commentaries and response papers, give presentations, and meet in intensive seminar format to consider the films and the substantive issues they raise. Films to be screened include those by Lean, Kubrick, Pontecorvo, Tamahori, Caro, Kassovitz, Weir, Villeneuve, Spielberg, Abu-Assad, Greengrass, Meirelles, Bigelow, and Iñárritu. |