Oaxaca, Mexico - UABJO - Elective

COURSE SYLLABUS: MEXICAN CINEMA

Location: Oaxaca City, Mexico

Partner Institution: Universidad Autónoma de Benito Juárez de Oaxaca (UABJO)

Course Title: Mexican Cinema

Course Title (Spanish): Historia del Cine Mexicano

Sessions offered: summer, winter, semester, spring break, intensive sessions

Instructional language: Spanish

Classroom Contact Hours: 45 contact hours

College Credit (Semester Credit Hours): 3 credit hours

College Credit (Quarter Units): 4 quarter units

Pre-requisites: Advanced I Spanish

Local Department: Español para Extranjeros

Course Code: SP - MC 290

Course Description

The study of the history of Mexico, characteristics and trends through the study of Mexican films and cinema of the contemporary era.

Specific Objectives

Introduce the student to the development and evolution of Mexican cinema.
Introduce the student to the political, social, economic and cultural history of the country.
Analyze the different cinematographic styles of the main directors of Mexican cinema.
Provide students the opportunity to meet, analyze and criticize a film putting into practice and knowledge of Mexican cinema.

Course Descriptions

The student will know the history of Mexican cinema, the study and analysis of genres and styles of films, actors, directors, producers, film studios, as well as the behaviors, problems, social and political ideology that were represented by the time in which they developed.

Course Evaluation

Attendance and punctuality: 20%

Participation: 30%

Final report: 30%

Oral presentation: 20% (one movie)

Attendance: Class attendance is mandatory

Participation: Participation will be valued through class discussions, debates, reading analysis, analysis and movie reviews.

Film Report: As a final assignment, a film report is required. It can be in a notebook or binder in which the students will write down analysis, criticisms and opinions about the films that are screened in class. The student may ask the teacher for advice and review of the film report.

Timeline: Creating a timeline in class, which will be reviewed in class and at the end of the course, will also count as participation.

Oral Presentations: Each student will represent a character from Mexican cinema; an actor, director, etc. The student will explain their life, work and most relevant actions within Mexican cinema. In the same way, the student will study and analyze their career in Mexican cinema.

NOTE: The use of cellphones in class will be only in case of extreme urgency and with the teacher's authorization.

Program

Topic	Activities	Assignments
The Golden Age, Sin, cabaret, femme fatale, family melodramas, ranchero cinema New directors: Bracho and Fernández Emilio Fernandez Alejandro Galindo Luis Buñuel	- Presentation and review of the program - Screening of the films, Salón México (1948) Emilio “El indio” Fernández, Nosotros los Pobres (1948) Ismael Rodríguez, Ustedes los ricos (1948) Ismael Rodríguez, La familia Pérez (1948) Gilberto Martínez Solares, Una familia de tantas (1949) Alejandro Galindo, Los tres García (1947) Ismael Rodríguez. - Analysis of social roles - Study of the social economy - Study of politics in Mexico - Discussion: Cabaret and arrabal - Comparison of family and family melodramas in Mexican cinema and their comparison with ranchero cinema - Study of the social economy - Study of politics in Mexico (at the time of the 50's) Directors Representation - Projection of the film Enamorada, Emilio Fernández (1946) Mexican Revolution - Screening of the film Doña Perfecta, Alejandro Galindo (1950) Religious influence in society - Screening of the film Los olvidados, Luis Buñuel (1950) social problems - Analysis of social roles - Influence of religion in society - Identify social problems	Write movie report. Investigate the social condition of Mexico in 1950. Make a brief investigation or review of the life and work of two film directors. Oral presentation.
The indigenous theme in Mexican cinema: an approach to the vision of the conquest and the representation of indigenous women and men at various times of Mexican cinema.	- Screening of the film Macario (1960) Roberto Gavaldón, Bugambilia (1945) Emilio “El indio” Fernández, Ánimas Trujano, Ismael Rodríguez, (1961) - Analysis of social roles - Identify social problems	Write a movie report
The collapse of Mexican cinema, fiction cinema, exceptional cinema in the 70's, the so-called horror cinema in Mexico The activist cinema in Mexico	- Screening of the film Bellas de noche (1974) - Screening of the film Hasta el viento tiene miedo, Carlos Enrique Taboada, (1962) - Screening of the film El lugar sin límites (1977) Arturo Ripstein. - Screening of the films Lagunilla mi barrio, Abel Salazar (1982). Screening of the movie Rojo amanecer, Jorge Fons (1993) - Analysis of social roles - Identify social problems	Deliver movie review. Research of the 1968 student movement, as well as investigation of the social, economic and political situation, in the 60's. in Mexico.
The so-called new Mexican cinema: a movement to renew the cinematographic language. Director Alfonso Cuarón. Presentation of the timeline. Delivery of written work. Oral presentation.	- Amores perros (2000) , Alejandro González Iñarritu, (2000) El crimen del padre Amaro(2002) Carlos Carrera, Como agua para chocolate, Alfonso Arau (1992) - Analysis of social roles - Identify social problems - Y tú mamá también, (2001) Alfonso Cuaron. - Analysis of social roles - Identify social problems	Write a movie critique

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