SN 303 - Hispanic Film

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor. A study of key Spanish and Latin American directors such as Luis Buñuel, Carlos Saura, Pedro Almodóvar, María Luisa Bemberg, and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. Students become familiar with cinematic terms and relate formal film aspects with sociopolitical events connected to the Spanish Civil War and the postwar, the "Guerra Sucia" in Argentina, and the Cuban Revolution.