MAY 6
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
THOUGHTFUL, COMMITTED ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CLASS. HAVE A GREAT SUMMER — GARY
Films:
Bamako (Sissako 2006) DVD 2926
Borom Sarret (Sembene 1964) DVD 2150
Reading (to be done over the
summer):
APRIL 29
FINAL PAPERS DUE NEXT WEEK BY 4
P.M.
Films:
The Day I Became a Woman (Meshkini 2000) DVD 2603
The House is Black (Farrokhzad 1962) DVD 5056
Reading (to be done by May 5):
Jonathan Rosenbaum. “Radical
Humanism and the Coexistence of Film and Poetry in The House is Black.”
(online)
Adrian Danks. “The
House That Mohsen Built: The Films of Samira Makhmalbaf and Marzieh Meshkini.”
(online)
FINAL PAPERS DUE NEXT WEEK BY 4
P.M. All students email papers to gmairs@calarts.edu.
APRIL 15
Films:
Bless Their Little Hearts (Woodberry 1984) DVD 4002
When It Rains (Burnett 1995) DVD 2629
Excerpt:
Los Angeles Plays Itself (Andersen 2003) Blu-Ray 390 (chapter 30)
Reading (to be done by April
21):
Ntongela Masilela. “The Los Angeles
School of Black Filmmakers.” (in course reader)
All previously assigned short
papers due April 22 by 4 p.m. THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE DEADLINE. Please note that
this is a change in the syllabus designed to allow you more time to devote to
your final paper. If there is any reason why you cannot meet this deadline, it is your responsibility to inform me well before the due date so that we can negotiate an extension. Extensions will not be granted on April 22.
Undergraduate students email
papers to filmhistoryTA@gmail.com, graduate students to gmairs@calarts.edu.
APRIL 8
Films:
Le Bonheur (Varda 1964) DVD 2711
Tongues Untied (Riggs 1989) DVD 4546
Reading (to be done by April
14):
Ron Simmons. “Tongues Untied: An
Interview with Marlon Riggs.” (in course reader)
Papers due April 15 by 4 p.m.
Undergraduate students email papers to
We have seen several films in the past weeks with radically
different approaches to performance: the naturalism of Wanda and Happiness, the
Brechtian theatricality of Class
Relations, the performance art-inspired work in Tongues Untied. For this week’s paper, compare two performances from
these films, being careful to root your discussion in specific scenes. Think
about issues like identification (are you led to identify emotionally with the
character? Why or why not?), degrees of “theatricality” (is the performance “invisible”
in its naturalism, or is it intended to be felt as a performance?) and how the
performance functions in the context of the film.
APRIL 1
Film:
Class Relations (Straub/Huillet 1984) DVD 2645
Excerpts:
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on Frank
Kafka’s Amerika (Farocki 1983) DVD 2645 (21:04 to 29:31)
Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie? (Costa 2001) DVD 4568 (17:49 to
30:15)
Reading (to be done by April
7):
Daniel Fairfax. “Jean-Marie
Straub and Danièle Huillet.” (online)
Papers due April 8 by 4 p.m. THIS
IS AN ABSOLUTE DEADLINE. All students email paper to gmairs@calarts.edu:
2 pages of work towards final paper. This can be virtually anything
– notes, an outline, an annotated bibliography, an introduction. It must amount
to 2 pages of solid progress towards completion of the paper.
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