Hello all, welcome to Radical black film! Office hours are: Mondays between 3:15 and 5:15pm, Mitchell 371 or by appointment (229-2931), better to reach me and leave messages via my email, pcobb@uwm.edu; co-instructor Donte McFadden's email is mcfaddendonte@gmail.com
Please note a classroom change made through the department. Our class will meet the first night at Mitchell b61 at 6pm.
By reviewing and critiquing selected landmark movies between the early 20th Century forward and into the present, you will begin to understand their relationship to provocative cultural/historical events of their time, and the role that independent black filmmakers played in framing history.
Ultimately it is our objective that you gain an ability to read these films as historical documents, yet grasp an understanding of the artistic mechanics of film production.
Readings will be indexed in our course reader which will be available after Wednesday, September 12th- at Clark Graphics located at 2915 North Oakland Avenue. Other readings will be distributed in class; occasionally as a hotlink on the blog and when possible reserved electronically through the Library.
