World Cinema in the Age of Streaming

This class studies major trends in world cinema outside of the United States, and the impact that streaming platforms have in their distribution and in their aesthetics. Through films available in platforms dedicated to global cinema-Criterion Channel and MUBI more prominently, as well as Netflix, AMC+ and others-, the class will discuss the following: how are diverse cinema traditions from around the world flattened under concepts of "art cinema" through the platforms? What kinds of films do platform favor and how that favoring affects the styles of cinema worldwide? How have platforms contributed to increase the diversity in the number of countries able to distribute their cinema at a global scale? Each class will discuss this question with sample readings.
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World Cinema in the Age of Streaming

AMERICAN CULTURE STUDIES 5902

Section 01