Description
This is a course in the history and aesthetics of African American film. It includes study and analysis of films made primarily,although not exclusively, by African American directors and tilizing largely African American casts and crews. It will approach these films from both social and aesthetic perspectives and investigate commonalities among them as well as overall shifts in the perspectives which inform them. Prerequisite: ENG 101. Fecommended: ENG 201. Encouraged: ENG 290 or ENG 265.