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2017-18 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-18 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CM 352 Film and TV After 9/11


This course is a thorough study of how the events of Sept. 11, 2001, influenced the aesthetics, the politics and narrative structure of film and television. phenomenon. Films include: 11’09”01-September 11 (2002), Paradise Now (2005), The Great New Wonderful (2005), World Trade Center (2006), Flight 93 (2006), and Kandahar (2001). Also included are TV shows 24 (six seasons) and Sleeper Cell (two seasons). Also included are the so-called classics of terrorism and film: The Battle of Algiers (1966), The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975) and Born in Flames (1983). Close viewing, critical reviews of films, readings on terrorism and film/media and class participation are required.

Prerequisite: CM 101  and recommend CM 150 .