Not offered in 1996. 16.7 2nd and 3rd years Angela Ndalianis. 111-105. No more than four hours of lectures, tutorials and screenings a week. Students completing this subject should:

• demonstrate an understanding of the development and concerns of the national cinemas studies
• understand the relationship that can exist between national cinemas and political form
• account for the position of national cinemas in relation to popular cinema as institutions

This subject will explore various institutional and cultural implications surrounding national cinemas. In any given year the focus will either be on a survey of different national cinemas or on one specific cinema emerging from a particular cultural environment. Cinemas to be studied may include those of: The Mediterranean, Britain, Asia, Europe, South America, Africa. Topics may include: methods of production, distribution and exhibition; questions of national identity and the embodiment of cinema as cultural voice; film and politics; the relationship between national and popular cinemas; power relations involving class, race, gender and ethnicity. Written work which may comprise class papers, essays or take-home examinations totalling 5,000 words.