Film Studies 230f - Documentary Film

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Mount Holyoke College

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This course examines the principles, methods, and styles of nonfiction film. Beginning with the "actualités" of film history's firpractitioners and ending with contemporary self-reflexive films, such as Errol Morris'sThe ?n Blue Line, the class studies films that strive to represent some aspect of the real world as opposed to the fictional worlds of narrative cinema. Meets Humanities I-A requirement R. Blaetz Prereq. Film Studies 201 or 202 or permission of instructor; 2 meetings (75 minutes) plus 1 screening (2 1/2 hours); 4 credits

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mtholyoke.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 538-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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