Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Through courses with alternating themes every year, the student becomes acquainted with different areas of film history, such as film genres, major directors, special themes, or interplay between film and other arts.

Credits: 4

Schedule: 13.12.2021 - 17.12.2021

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Satu Kyösola, Olaf Möller

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

Olaf Möller: shosukester@googlemail.com

Satu Kyösola: satu.kyosola@aalto.fi / 050 554 1655

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Course contents change every year. Specific course descriptions will be updated in MyCourses Syllabus at the latest three weeks before the beginning of the course.

     

  • applies in this implementation

    A First Cursory Look at Subsaharian African Cinema (2 ECTS)

    Cinema came late to most Subsaharian countries, usually as a result of gaining independence during the late 50s, early 60s, in some cases as late as the mid 70s. Very few of these new nations developed over the decades a sizable production – and yet some countries are home to several stridently different film languages defined by different local cultures. But whatever the numbers of films made per year: most Subsaharian nations brought forth at least one master whose experiments enriched the languages of cinema enormously. Film would be so much poorer without Haile Gerima, Solomani Sise, Med Hondo or Ababacar Samb Makharam...! We'll watch films from all regions of Subsaharian Africa (except South Africa which is a case apart), from the 60s till our days; we'll discuss the sociopolitical and historical particularities that shaped these film cultures; and we'll see what we can learn from these approaches to cinema – at the latest when watching a Yoruba drama or an Igbo horror film we'll understand that film can be much more than we ever thought.

Assessment Methods and Criteria
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Evaluation on a scale of 0-5.

Workload
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Contact teaching: Screenings, lectures, discussions (21-27 hours total)
    Independent work: essay or lecture diary (27-33 hours)

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    It is recommended that individual assignments related to the course are delivered in English.

    Teaching Period:

    2020-2021

    (2021, 2022) - No teaching

    Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=ELO-E102602

    Registration for Courses: Sisu replaces Oodi on 9 August, 2021. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-in-aalto-arts

  • applies in this implementation


    The venue for the course is Odeion on Otaniemi campus (Maarintie 8, 2nd floor).

    The lectures will take place from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 4 pm. One hour lunch break around noon.


    PLEASE NOTE that the maximum number of study credits from this course is 2 ECTS.