LALS317
Screening Citizenship: Jewish Latin American Film
Subject code
LALS
Course Number
317
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
S. Pridgeon
Course Long Title
Screening Citizenship: Jewish Latin American Film
Cross Listed Courses
Description
This course considers films from throughout Latin America made by Jewish directors. Students learn the history of Latin American film production as well as terms and skills necessary for audiovisual analysis. The course examines the ways in which film is used as a vehicle to explore and represent issues of identity, belonging, immigration, and assimilation that have long characterized Jewish experiences in Latin America. Moreover, the course focuses on filmmakers’ engagement with key social and political issues within their respective countries as well as on a regional or global scale. Taught in Spanish. Prerequisite(s): HISP 210 or 211. Recommended background: HISP 228.
Writing Credit
No writing credit
GEC This Course Belongs To
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Class Restriction
Exclude First Years