Apr 29, 2024  
2018-2019 Caspersen School of Graduate Studies 
    
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ARFA 856 - Birth of a Black Nation: A Century of African Americans in Film

3 credits
This course offers students the opportunity to look at the racial connections and differences that develop through the 20th and 21st century, the role blackface plays in film, and representations of black masculinity and femininity. Exposing students to the long history of African Americans in film, students will explore over a century of representations of black people through multiple genres and by a diverse set of directors and actors. this course offers students an opportunity to trace visual representations from the early 20th-century to the present.



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