Offers students the opportunity to delve deeply into a specific area within the critical study of film, television, and/or new media, and to develop research skills necessary for original scholarly inquiry. Topics may range across different critical, theoretical, and historical concerns. May be repeated for credit with a different topic.
| Distribution Area | Prerequisites | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities | 1 course |
This course explores horror and speculative films emerging from black filmmaking traditions across the globe. Specifically, we will track how Black filmmakers use horror and speculative films to explore the lived experiences of African and African-descended people, critique systems of wealth and power, ponder the meaning of life and death, and complicate static notions of what it means to be black in the world. Course films include (but are not limited to) Mati Diop's Atlantics (Senegal, 2019), Mbithi Masya's Kati Kati (Kenya/Germany, 2016), Jean Luc Herbulot's Saloum (Senegal, 2021), Nia DaCosta, Candyman (US, 2021), and Jordan Peele's Get Out (US, 2017).