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FMST 0323 - CINEMA AFTER SOCIALISM: CONTEMPORARY FILM IN EASTERN EUROPE, CENTRAL ASIA, AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATIOMinimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Long Description The course introduces students to the diverse cinematic traditions of the regions that emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, including Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Russian Federation. Screenings of key films from the era are paired with historical and theoretical readings that explore the broader context of political, economic, and cultural transformation within the post-Soviet states. In class discussions and assignments, students analyze the formal and narrative aspects of films alongside topics such as globalization, neoliberalism, imperialism, nationalism, and indigeneity, as well as national cinema, genre, and film authorship. In each iteration of the course the selection of films will be drawn from leading filmmakers of the post-Soviet generation as well as emerging contemporary talents, throughout the region broadly understood to include Eastern Europe, the Baltic, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Russian Federation. This course is taught in English; the films will have subtitles. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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