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School of Languages, Linguistics and Film

9/11 and American Film

Module code: SMLM047

Credits: 30.0
Semester: SEM1

Contact: Dr Guy Westwell
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module will examine a range of mainstream, independent and underground American films with a view to reading those films as representing a variety of responses to the experience and legacies of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; produce symptomatic readings of films and cycles of films that directly and indirectly address the terrorist attacks and their aftermath and explore the tangled relationship between feature films and other cultural forms such as documentary film, photography and television news coverage.

Connected course(s): UDF DATA
Assessment: 90.0% Coursework, 10.0% Practical
Level: 7

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