MEDIA 213

Cinema of Aotearoa New Zealand

Please note: this is archived course information from 2024 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.

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Availability 2024

Not offered in 2024; planned for 2025

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

MEDIA 313