![Contemporary French Film and Social Issues](https://oercommons.org/static/newdesign/images/materials/default-thumbnail-index.png)
This course covers issues in contemporary French society as expressed through movies made in the 2000s. Topics include France’s national self-image, the women’s movement, sexuality and gender, family life and class structure, post-colonialism and immigration, and American cultural imperialism. Films by Lelouch, Audiard, Doillon, Denis, Klapisch, Resnais, Rouan, Balasko, Collard, Dridi, Kassovitz, and others. Readings from French periodicals. Films shown with English subtitles. Taught in French.
- Subject:
- Arts and Humanities
- Career and Technical Education
- English Language Arts
- Film and Music Production
- Languages
- Literature
- Reading Literature
- Social Science
- Visual Arts
- World Cultures
- Material Type:
- Full Course
- Provider:
- MIT
- Provider Set:
- MIT OpenCourseWare
- Author:
- Clark, Catherine
- Date Added:
- 02/01/2014