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GRI 431

Indigenous Representations in Film

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeB+
Standard

Overview

Description

Film and the construction of Indianness and indigeneity in culture; Indigenous film and cultural resistance and resurgence

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed
  • at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed
  • Junior or Senior standing

Recommended Preparation

ETS 280
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.

Recommended Preparation

ETS 280

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Spring

Terms

spring

Core

CO10, CO13

Restrictions

Junior or Senior standing

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • demonstrate knowledge of the complex history of representations of indigenous peoples in film and some of its many genres.
  • explain how gender, race, and related social categories intersect with attention to equity in the context of representations of indigenous peoples. (CO10; CO13)
  • analyze how contexts of colonialism and imperialism underpin and influence how film depicts indigenous peoples and cultures. (CO10; CO13)
  • identify contemporary strategies of resistance and resurgence by indigenous filmmakers. (CO10)
  • formulate and articulate arguments that synthesize course material, through writing assignments, exams, and class discussions that use course materials to theorize, model, and/or interpret texts and social relations.