In this film history course, students examine a century of women's filmmaking through the lens of place-based study. Exploring the genres of melodrama and the women's movie, documentary film, experimental cinema, and the art film, students will critique and analyze some of the film forms that have been associated with women audiences and filmmakers in the 20th and 21st centuries. Examining these works as the product of women scenarists and screenwriters, directors, actors, and publicists, students develop an understanding of the many ways in which cinema has reflected the experiences and stories of women. Using the lens of place-based study, students engage with these films as the products of cultural, historical, and geographical intersections of women's experience.
In this film history course, students examine a century of women's filmmaking through the lens of place-based study. Exploring the genres of melodrama and the women's movie, documentary film, experimental cinema, and the art film, students will critique and analyze some of the film forms that have been associated with women audiences and filmmakers in the 20th and 21st centuries. Examining these works as the product of women scenarists and screenwriters, directors, actors, and publicists, students develop an understanding of the many ways in which cinema has reflected the experiences and stories of women. Using the lens of place-based study, students engage with these films as the products of cultural, historical, and geographical intersections of women's experience.
