| SES# | TOPICS | KEY DUE DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Introduction and overview Screening: The Celluloid Closet. Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Color and Black and White, 104 min. 1996. | |
| Special screening: I Am Not Your Negro. Directed by Raoul Peck. Color and Black and White, 93 min. 2017. | ||
| I. Pre-Stonewall & the Hollywood Production Code: The Making of a Gay Subtext | ||
| 2 |
Before Stonewall / Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria Screening: Excerpts from Before Stonewall. Directed by Greta Schiller and Robert Rosenberg. Color and Black and White, 87 min. 1985. Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria. Directed by Victor Silverman and Susan Stryker. Color, 57 min. 2005. Discussion of pre-Stonewall cultural climate and what makes a text “queer” (Cather, Hall, Sedgwick) | Facebook post due: Initial impressions of the pre-Stonewall cultural climate for LGBTQ Americans |
| 3 | Discussion: Rope. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Color, 80 min. 1948. | Facebook post due: Response to Rope and the concept of confession as it relates to homosexuality |
| 4 | Discussion: The Children’s Hour. Directed by William Wyler. Black and White, 108 min. 1961. | Facebook post due: Response to The Children’s Hour and the loosening of the Hollywood Production Code |
| II. Looking Back: Representing a Queer Past | ||
| 5 | Discussion: The Danish Girl. Directed by Tom Hooper. Color, 119 min. 2016. |
Facebook post due: Response to The Danish Girl and representational politics of casting
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| 6 | Discussion: Carol. Directed by Todd Haynes. Color, 118 min. 2016. |
Facebook post due: Response to Carol and the challenges of looking back in time at LGBT lives Critical response / review essay due
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| 7 | Discussion: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic | Facebook post due: Response to Fun Home and graphic novel as queer text |
| 8 |
Representations of AIDS & Black Masculinity Discussion: Philadelphia. Directed by Jonathan Demme. Color, 125 min. 1994. Screening and discussion: Tongues Untied. Directed by Marlon Riggs. Color, 55 min. 1989. Final paper / project guidelines | Facebook post due: Response to Philadelphia and the cinematic representation of AIDS |
| III. New Queer Cinema | ||
| 9 | Discussion: Paris Is Burning. Directed by Jennie Livingston. Color, 71 min. 1991. |
Facebook post due: Response to Paris Is Burning and the performativity of gender Final paper / project description for independent option due |
| 10 | Discussion: Camp | Draft of prospectus for final paper / project due |
| 11 | Discussion: The Watermelon Woman. Directed by Cheryl Dunye. Color, 90 min. 1997. | Facebook post due: Response to The Watermelon Woman, fake documentary, and / or the invisibility of black lesbians |
| IV. Contemporary Queer, Contemporary Trans | ||
| 12 | Discussion: Free CeCe! Directed by Jacqueline Gares. Color, 100 min. 2018. | Facebook post due: Response to Free CeCe! |
| 13 |
Discussion: Sense8. Color, 60 min. episodes. 2015–2018. New directions in streaming TV | Final paper / project due |