Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionFTVM 103 examines contemporary emerging international film movements. Looking outside the boundaries of the Hollywood system, this class analyzes global cinema with a focus on auteur filmmakers who have helped to define their nation's film identity. Students evaluate the films by their defining narrative, technical, aesthetic, and theoreticalcontributionstothemedium,and pay particular attention to cinematic and cultural theories such as transnationalism, global and local cinema, and the caricatures ofAsianculturesinfilm.Thecourseprovides critical methodology and practical tools for examining and interpreting the connection between the artist and their work as a reflection of their specific environment. 