AMCV 0150A - American Film: The Birth of an Industry

Institution:

Brown University

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American film-making from its origins as a technological amusement to classic Hollywood cinema. Particular attention given to representations of gender, race, and ethnicity with comparisons to the evolution of European film. The Birth of a Nation (1915) by D.W. Griffith, a white Southerner, will be a key text in dialogue with African-American director Oscar Michaeux's Within Our Gates (1920).

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1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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