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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Spring 2020 |
Registration ID | FRENB208001 |
Course Title | Contemporary French Cinema |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | French and French Studies |
Instructor | Suaudeau,Julien |
Times and Days | TTh 11:25am-12:45pm
F 07:00pm-10:00pm |
Room Location | DAL2,CARP21,OL104 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1306 Until the closing years of the 20th century, ethnic diversity was virtually absent from French cinema. While Francophone directors from Northern and Sub-Saharan Africa debunked colonialism and neocolonialism in their films, minorities hardly appeared on French screens. Movies were made by white filmmakers for a white audience. Since the 1980's and the 1990's, minorities have become more visible in French films. Are French Blacks and Arabs portrayed in French cinema beyond stereotypes, or are they still objects of a euro-centric gaze? Have minorities gained agency in storytelling, not just as actors, but as directors? What is the national narrative at play in the recent French films that focus on diversity? Is it still "us against them", or has the new generation of French filmmakers found a way to include the different components of French identity into a collective subject? From Bouchareb to Gomis, from Kechiche to Benyamina and Jean-Baptiste, this course will map out the visual fault lines of the French self and examine the prospects for a post-republican sense of community. Open to non-majors. There will be a weekly screening on Sunday, 7:00pm-9:00pm. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Enrollment Cap: 18; If the course exceeds the enrollment cap the following criteria will be used for the lottery: Permission of Instructor; Additional hour of conversation for French-speaking students on Friday 9:10am-10:00am (flexible, TBD with students) |
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