Course Description

Film Studies 258F/G Canadian Cinema: Documents, Storytelling, Experiments

This course looks at Canadian cinema in relation to the category label, national cinema. What is the value of a national cinema? What is the popular imagination? How do the films speak to us about Canada, its history, its people and its politics?

Antirequisites: Film Studies 244E (as offered in 2001-2002).

Prerequisites: At least 60% in Film Studies 020E, and at least 60% in all subsequent Film Studies courses, or permission of the Department.

2 lecture/seminar hours, 1 3-hour lecture/screening, half course.

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