LAT304 Banned and Forbidden: Freedom of Speech in Film

This course studies various attempts to limit freedom of speech in popular film, on both the national and local levels. Students follow how interest groups organized to protest the depiction of racial stereotypes and the frank portrayals of sex and power in Hollywood's Pre-Code era, as well as propaganda films of the Nazi and Soviet periods and recent non-traditional treatments of religious subjects and greater openness about same-sex subjects. The class traces changing patterns of censorship through landmark films, including "I'm No Angel" (1933), "The Miracle" (1948), "Last Temptation of Christ" (1988), "Boys Don't Cry" (1999), and "Battle Royale" (2001). This course may be used as an elective to fulfill the General Education requirement in fine arts or humanities. Prerequisite(s): none 5 quarter hours

Distribution

GenEd-Fine Arts GenEd-Humanities