DIS STD 164B

Main Course

Documenting Dis/Ability on Film

Description

Lecture, four hours. Nonfiction digital media is used as contemporary form of investigation or research or is attached to research projects, built into websites, used in campaigns for social and political activism, and exhibited at film festivals. Social-issue documentaries appear more frequently on cable, public television, and Internet. Examination of how powerful documentaries still rely on well-told stories by passionate filmmakers. P/NP or letter grading.