Prerequisites: CASLS 212; or Spanish SAT subject test score of 560 or higher, or placement test results. - Advanced study of the Spanish language through the analysis of films and media of the Spanish-speaking world: cinema, the internet, and social media. Fall 2026: Section A1: Through films, music, and visual art, students better understand the role the arts play in discourses of politics, power, race, and gender in Latin America. Course includes collaborative work and film analyses. Creative work encouraged. Section B1: Cinema as Counterpower – Gender, Sound, and Resistance in Latin America. Dive into Latin American cinema, where gender, identity, and music pulse through every frame. Students unpack how filmmakers and composers shatter stereotypes, amplify marginalized voices, and transform audiovisual storytelling into acts of resistance, memory, and political force. Section C1: Screening the Underground – Countercultural Scenes in Latin America from the 60s to the Present. This course explores countercultural movements in Latin America from the 1960s to today. Through cinema, documentaries, music videos, and digital media, students analyze protest art, punk, hip hop, and contemporary street mobilizations, examining alternative cultures across different Spanish-speaking countries. Effective Fall 2024, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub areas: Creativity/Innovation, Digital/Multimedia Expression, Global Citizenship & Intercultural Literacy.

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