LAT303 Minority Images in Popular Film

This course examines the images and voices of minorities, including people of color, as represented in American film, from the earliest silent films and home-made "race" films through the Blaxploitation era to the present, reclaiming the history and history of African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans and Asian-Americans while tracing the impact of performers like Paul Roberson, Anna Mae Wong, Dolores Del Rio, Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, and Sidney Poitier. This course may be used as an elective to fulfill the General Education requirement in fine arts. Prerequisite(s): none 5 quarter hours

Distribution

GenEd-Fine Arts