ANTH122 PO - Cooperative Filmmaking for Social Change

When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2020.
Instructor(s): J. Nucho
Credit: 1

This course focuses on the theory and practice of collaborative filmmaking, both within the discipline of Anthropology and outside of academia. We will begin with an overview of the use of cooperative filmmaking efforts and community-based history projects in various contexts. Students will learn about the ways in which cooperative and collaborative filmmaking practices can challenge the paradigms of commercial filmmaking in terms of content, production and distribution. Students will also have the opportunity to collaborate with a community-based organization in the city of Pomona to produce short videos as part of an ongoing filmmaking practice for social change.

Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 2; Analyzing Difference; Speaking Intensive