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
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Prerequisites
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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.