POLI1204 · Political Science

The Politics of the Seventies Film

Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences

Class restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.Enrolled students are expected to attend a weekly viewing of a film - please register for section .02 of the course for the weekly film ("discussion section").The 10 years from 1967 to 1976 were an extraordinary time both in the history of American politics and in the history of American film. In the same period that the country was rocked by the Vietnam War, the feminist and civil rights movements, Watergate and economic crisis, the end of Hollywood censorship along with demographic and economic change in the industry ushered in what many call "the last golden age" of American film. In this class we study both film theory and political history to examine these remarkable films and the political context in which they were forged. The goal of the course is to take seriously both the films and their politics.