ESAH-3840 - Art Cinemas History (Audit)

Course Description

Many of the most innovative works of cinema have been made under the energy and direction of collective movements that intersect with social and political uprisings such as the French New Wave, Italian Neo-Realism and the post Neo-Realist aftermath, New German Cinema, Indian Parallel Cinema, Cinema Novo in Brazil, the cinema of the Cuban revolution and elsewhere in the world. The common ground is the social and political changes emergent in the 1960s and 1970s. ln a given year, this seminar course will examine a selection of films from several of these movements in order to understand the relationship between cinema, culture and society both in the context of its time and as influences on contemporary practices.

This course is a part of the NSCAD University credit curriculum. Audit students are not required to complete course assignments or take examinations and do not receive an evaluation, critiques, or a grade. Audit students may, with the approval of the instructor, participate in class discussions and work. Audit courses do not count towards full-time status, graduation requirements, or eligibility for any financial aid.