FMST 220 Women Filmmakers/Provocateurs

Division of Liberal Arts

3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course

This course examines several women filmmakers noted for their provocative approaches to screening sexual images, broaching political topics, and experimenting with cinematic form. We will consider the questions and themes they engage, the controversies they provoke, and the styles they employ across their respective work, in relation to one another and to dominant cinematic conventions and normative ideas about gender and sexuality. Filmmakers to be studied represent a variety of historical periods, nationalities, and film traditions, including classical and contemporary Hollywood, avant-garde cinema, independent film, and international art cinema. Filmmakers to be discussed include Chantal Akerman, Dorothy Arzner, Kathryn Bigelow, Catherine Breillat, Jane Campion, Vera Chytilová, Claire Denis, Su Friedrich, Kelly Reichardt, and Agnès Varda.

Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112

This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.