LARTS 490D Advanced Seminar: Film & Politics
“Film and Politics” looks at contemporary social and political issues through the lens of mainstream American movies. Students will examine and discuss the artistic efforts to portray such issues as the changing roles of women and the place of gender; racial injustice and civil rights; war and American international policies; terrorism, immigration, work, and class, along with the still larger questions of political power and personal freedom. We will consider film as historical narrative, as allegory, even as satire, focusing on questions of how choices of presentation, genre, and action help shape our thinking – and our emotions – on critical issues confronting us today.