CINE 20B - International Film History (1930s-1960s)

    Recent Professors
    Kevin R. Sherman, Denah A. Johnston
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023
    Class Size
    Not published
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of CINE 20B
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    ESL 188 This course examines the international history of cinema from the 1930s to the 1960s. The development of film technology, aesthetics, and genre are covered from the 1930s studio systems of England, Japan, and India to the New Waves cinemas of France, Germany, and Eastern Europe in the 1960s. Topics include Socialist Realism, Auteurism, Poetic Realism, and American Cinema in the Postwar Era. UC/CSU