film selected from a list provided by the tutor

This is a 1,500-2000 word academic essay in which the student applies one of the methodologies of film analysis studied in Bloc 2 and Bloc 3 to a film selected from a list provided by the tutor. Films screened in the unit may be referenced as secondary texts for the purpose of comparison. In consultation with tutor, students develop a critical argument about one or more themes/issues derived from the content of lectures, screenings, readings, and discussions in the respective weeks. This critical argument is to be demonstrated and illustrated through an analysis of the chosen film and articulated through the selected methodology. Students must observe referencing conventions strictly by adhering to APA 6th consistently and correctly, including a list of text-based and visual references at the end. The essay is to be submitted via Turnitin by the dealine. Note that this assignment will have only one FINAL submission point. Late submissions are allowed as part of the late assessment policy. Further Guidelines In consultation with the tutor, students develop a critical argument about one or more themes/issues derived from the content of lectures, screenings, readings, and discussions in the respective weeks. This critical argument is to be demonstrated and illustrated through an analysis of the chosen film and articulated through the selected methodology. Selected Films: Los rubios/ The blondes (dir. Albertina Carri, Argentina, 2003, 89 min) Shoah (dir. Claude Lanzmann, France, 1985, 566 mins) Lumumba: Death of a Prophet (dir. Raoul Peck, France/Belgium. 1991, 70min) The Piano (Dir. Jane Campion, Australia/New Zealand, 1993, 114 mins) Essential Readings: Sobchack.V. (2000). What My Fingers Knew: The Cinesthetic Subject, or Vision in the Flesh. Senses of Cinema, 5. Sobchack, V. (1990). The Active Eye: A Phenomenology of Cinematic Vision. In Quarterly Review of Film and Video, 12(3), 21-36 Marks, L. (2000). The Memory of Images. In The Skin of the Film: Intercultural Cinema, Embodiment, and the Senses (pp. 24-76). Durham & London: Duke University Press. Hirsch, J. (2004). Shoah and the posttraumatic documentary after cinema verite. In Afterimage: Film, trauma and the HoloCaust (pp. 63-84). Philadelphia: Temple University Press Ciancio, M.B. (2013). Labyrinths and Lines of Memory in Documentary Film: Memoria del saqueo and Los rubios from a Philosophical Perspective. Latin American Perspectives, 40(1), 101-113. Wilson,K. (2013). The Split-Person Narrative: Resisting Closure, Resistant Genre in Albertina Carri’s Los rubios. Latin American Perspectives, 40(1), 88-100.