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BL ST 171 - Africa in Film

Black Studies College of Letters and Science

Full Course Title

Africa in Film

Instructor Name(s)

Akudinobi

Course Description

Explores, with examples from dominant (Hollywood) cinema and African cinema, what the sample films show about the relationship between ideology and representation, especially the reference points through which Africa functions as a site of complex and conflicting meanings.

Unit Value

4

Maximum number of times course can be repeated for additional credit

0

Maximum Units

4

Prerequisites

Upper-division standing.

General Subject Areas

D, F

Special Subject Areas

NWC, WRT