Documentary Film

Why do documentary films get made? What do their makers hope these films will do in the world? Does the film released in a multiplex do something categorically different in the world from the one released online? How do stories get told across what might otherwise just be a series of talking heads? How can editing be used in didactic, conversational, or narrative ways?

Syllabus | Summer 2020

A class is a process, an independent organism with its own goals and dynamics. It is always something more than even the most imaginative lesson plan can predict. ~ Thomas P. Kasulis

Schedule | Summer 2020

Here’s what we’ll spend our time doing this term (and space for us to fill together). This schedule will evolve as we proceed.