This course is designed to introduce students to the multi-faceted terrain of film history encompassing industry, aesthetics, filmmakers, society, culture and politics. Through lecture, discussion and screenings, students will encounter defining moments in the U.S. and international cinema. Most of the course will take a chronological approach, introducing students to film in its infancy and moving through its maturation in various nations. The final weeks of the course will offer the students case studies in cinema- an approach that offers them a glimpse of what they can look forward to in upper level film studies courses. 4 cr. 1st sem

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