COML 3442

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COML 3442
Filming Migration

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

What role should moving images play in debates about transnational migration, one of the principal factors re-shaping communities and communication today? Focusing on cinema from the late 20th and early 21st centuries, with primary examples drawn from Germany, France, the United States, Italy, Denmark?in relation to Algeria, Senegal, Iran, Mexico, Korea, China, Benin, Turkey, Syria?this course explores how film re-imagines the fabric of social life affected by migration. Seminar-style discussion of films are paired with contextual readings and readings from film studies. Key concepts such as borders and movement, ethnoscapes and citizenship, cityscapes and place-making, mediascapes and personhood, lawfulness and illegality, labor and leisure, language and speech, art and perception will guide our discussions of films and readings. (PMA-HTC)


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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3452, PMA 5452

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18659 COML 3442   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person