POLS 2445 World Politics Through Film
This course is an introduction to world political issues through the medium of film. The course first studies film as a political tool, i.e. as propaganda, featuring works such as Leni Riefenstahl's "Triumph of the Will", and Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin". Next, the course focuses on film as an expression of key world political issues such as fascism, communism, democracy, demagoguery, deterrence, ethnic conflict, genocide, and others. Assigned films will be accompanied by examples of the most important texts on each issue. (3 lect.)