HIST 380 - History of Russian and Soviet Cinema

Credit Hours: 4
This class surveys the Russian and Soviet cinema from the early 20th century up to the present, examining cinema as an art form, as popular culture and as political propaganda. The course focuses on some of the most important directors in world cinema such as Eisenstein and Tarkovsky, but also on the type of popular cinema rarely seen in the West, including musicals, comedies and action dramas. Class topics include the evolution of Russian/Soviet cinema aesthetics; censorship, propaganda and creativity and political/cultural liberalization and cinema.