Nonfiction Film: Documentary, Docudrama, & Historical Film

Prerequisite: A C- or higher in any WC&IL II course (may be taken concurrently) or HON 1000 (may be taken concurrently); or any ENG 2000-level course; or WRI 1150; or department approval.

Students are introduced to the genres of nonfiction film—documentary, docudrama, and historical features—and to the theory, history, and ideology of fact-based film. The focus is not a given film’s historical accuracy so much as the writers’ and directors’ strategies of representation, which profoundly affect the audience’s perceptions.

Credit: 3