WLKH.3250 Contemporary Cambodian Cinema

Id: 040289 Credits: 3-3

Description

This 3-credit course examines Cambodian cinema and filmmakers from the 20th and 21st centuries. The course will include films in English or with English subtitles made by Cambodian filmmakers, as well as films about Cambodia made by foreign filmmakers. The course will be organized chronologically and thematically beginning with the first documentary films from the 1290's produced by foreign filmmakers, to Cambodia's "golden age" of cinema in the 1960's, to films from the 1980's about the genocide, to the fast-growing contemporary film scene in Cambodia. Students will view and examine the films in terms of their cultural context and how this context is reflected in the films' plot, characters and perspective.

Prerequisites

WLKH.2100 Introduction to Cambodian Culture.

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