Browse Hierarchy FLM4205: Decolonising Approaches to Film Analysis

Decolonising Approaches to Film Analysis provides a foundational platform to undertake a scholarly appraisal of film from international perspectives and viewpoints that both involve and traverse beyond dominant Hollywood and European cinema frameworks. The module presents insights into a diverse palette of transglobal films, an array of cultural contexts, scholarly literature, theoretical and philosophical frameworks. The module opens an opportunity to develop an understanding of what decolonising actually means in a cinema context with the goal of enabling students to broaden analytical horizons and cultivate a globally representative sensibility whilst undertaking a more inclusive and holistic scholarly reading of films.