Snapshots of Early Cinema

The rise of cinema in the early 20th century took the world by a storm. In this six-week course, we will watch films and read film theory from the US, France, Germany, the Soviet Union, and China, produced during a period when film's language, aesthetic status, and social function were under negotiation. Full schedule coming soon.

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Your Instructor

Yvonne Lin

PhD Candidate in EALC, UC Berkeley

Yvonne Lin is a PhD candidate at UC Berkeley. Her research focuses on historicity as an aesthetic form in postsocialist Chinese film and media. Her additional interests include literary studies, translation studies, and Taiwanese cinema.

Film and Media StudiesPostsocialismChinese LiteratureComparative literature

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$168

What you'll learn

Debates over film in the early 20th-century

Foundations of film analysis

Classics of world cinema

Early film theory

What You Get

Live interactive sessions

Engage in real-time discussions with expert instructors

Small discussion groups

Maximum 15 students for personalized attention

Session recordings

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Dedicated platform

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