| Course Title: Topics in Experimental Film: 'Women Experimental Filmmakers' |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: This seminar examines experimental cinema made by women from the early 1950s, during the earliest years of the movement known as the American Avant-Garde, through the 1990s. While the class will read feminist film theory and see the work of such well-known filmmakers as Yvonne Rainer, Sally Potter, and Chantal Akerman, we will also examine the less familiar but highly influential films of women working in the home movie or diary mode, with particular emphasis on the work of Marie Menken. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Robin Blaetz | 413-538-2984 | rblaetz@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Seminar | Thursday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | ART - Art | 219 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: FLMST-201, FLMST-202, or FLMST-203. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| 1 meeting (3 hours), 1 screening (2 hours) |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| FLMST-340EX-01 Women Experimental Filmmakers |
| GNDST-333VV-01 Women Experimental Filmmakers |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 15 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Ways of Seeing Author: Berger, John Copyright: 1972 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Penguin |
Required | 12.66 |
| Title: Women's Experimental Cinema: Critical Frameworks Author: Blaetz, Robin Copyright: 2007 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780822340447 Publisher: Duke UP |
Required | 25.95 |
| Title: Maya Deren and the American Avant-Garde Author: Nichols, Bill Copyright: 2001 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0520227328 Publisher: UCalP |
Required | 25.95 |
| Title: Feminist Film Theory: A Reader Author: Thornham, Sue Copyright: 1999 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0814782442 Publisher: NYU Press |
Required | 26.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at Odyssey Book Store in South Hadley, MA |