ARTH 1155

FWS: Writing About Blaxploitation Film and Photography

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

This first year writing seminar introduces freshmen to the world of 1970s era Blaxploitation Film and the music, photography, fashion and art of the period. Students will screen essential films that defined the genre and read critical analyses of these works as they develop the skills of formal analysis (of film, musical scores, and art), reviewing time-based media, and comparison and contrast. This short-lived period in American film history employed the largest number of African Americans in the film industry both before and behind the camera. It produced films that contrasted the popular culture of the period with growing civil unrest over women's and gay rights as well as the civil rights of African Americans. Students in this course will be taught to write about these memorable films and the documentary, fashion and art photography produced during the same period alongside real concerns about race, gender and sexuality rights.

When Offered Fall.

Satisfies Requirement First-Year Writing Seminar.

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