FILM 211 African Film
This survey course looks at contemporary feature films produced by various African countries. These films provide insights into the history and cultural values of these countries; in that respect they offer an inside view of a continent that all too often in the past has been either overlooked by western audiences or only seen through the lens of western filmmakers.
Hours Weekly
3 hours weekly
Course Objectives
- Engage in a cinematic exploration of various worldviews as it relates to African cinema.
- Describe African history, cultures, values, and aesthetics of self and others through an exploration of cultural mores, family life, religion, art, and literature as depicted in African film.
- Identify and explain multiple perspectives when exploring subjects within African cultures.
- Analyze global events and issues and describe the interconnection between artistic expression and the historical and cultural realities of Africa from economic, political, environmental, aesthetic, or social perspectives.
- Identify and apply critical theories and concepts related to enduring and contemporary issues of aesthetics, creativity, humanism, meaning, and/or invention in African film.
- Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis and problem-solving methods by distinguishing different cinematic styles and genres based on the cultural models created throughout African history.
- Pose and address questions related to the confluence of creative and humanistic expression with social and cultural contexts in African film.
Course Objectives
- Engage in a cinematic exploration of various worldviews as it relates to African cinema.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Describe African history, cultures, values, and aesthetics of self and others through an exploration of cultural mores, family life, religion, art, and literature as depicted in African film.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Identify and explain multiple perspectives when exploring subjects within African cultures.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Analyze global events and issues and describe the interconnection between artistic expression and the historical and cultural realities of Africa from economic, political, environmental, aesthetic, or social perspectives.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Exam
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Identify and apply critical theories and concepts related to enduring and contemporary issues of aesthetics, creativity, humanism, meaning, and/or invention in African film.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
- Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis and problem-solving methods by distinguishing different cinematic styles and genres based on the cultural models created throughout African history.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
- Pose and address questions related to the confluence of creative and humanistic expression with social and cultural contexts in African film.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric