Ramapo College of New Jersey World Cinema Movements Discussion

– 1 paragraph analyzing anything you find noteworthy about the weekly screening (full-length film). If you wish to write additional analysis to include one or more of the weekly clips, that’s great.

screening: Black Girl (Links to an external site.) (1966, Ousmane Sembene)

clips: Black God, White Devil (Links to an external site.) – 1964 (clip 1)

Black God, White Devil (Links to an external site.) – 1964 (clip 2)

– 1 paragraph with analysis of the week’s readings – for example, you could elaborate on a concept you found interesting or argue against a concept in the readings.

Reading: “Black Spectatorship: Problems of Identification and Resistance,” Manthia Diawara, Screen 29 (Winter 1988)

Introduction to Easy Riders, Raging Bulls. Peter Biskind.

– Do not summarize the lecture content, the readings, or the films’ plots. Write about things you can analyze. For example: you could write about how a film uses a visual storytelling device like subjective camera or editing. If you are ever struggling for an idea, begin with the leading questions on the worksheet. Avoid writing reviews; that is a whole other style of writing.