MEDIA 213
Cinema of Aotearoa New Zealand
Please note: this is archived course information from 2023 for MEDIA 213.
Description
Traces a thematic history of filmmaking in Aotearoa New Zealand from the mid-1980s until the present. Locates a range of films in their historical, social and political contexts by concentrating on issues that arise for a small nation defined by indigenous and settler relations, immigration and globalisation.
For full course information see the Digital Course Outline for MEDIA 213.
Digital Course Outlines are refreshed in November for the following year. Digital Course Outlines for courses to be offered for the first time may be published slightly later.
Availability 2023
Not taught in 2023
Lecturer(s)
Lecturer(s) Professor Laurence Simmons
Recommended Reading
Diane Pivac and Frank Stark, eds. New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History. Wellington: Te Papa Press in association with The Film Archive, 2011.
Points
MEDIA 213: 15 points
Prerequisites
15 points at Stage I in Media and Screen Studies and 30 points passed
Restrictions
FTVMS 208, 300