Update: assignments, readings, screenings...

Due to the snow, we've shifted our schedule slightly. We'll now be will be watching new films on Wednesdays, you will read and post to the blog by the weekend, and then we will have our discussions on the following Monday .

So, this week, we will watch our next film, Darwin's Nightmare, on Wednesday, February 9th. Please do your readings (PLEASE see below for links) by Wednesday and then post to the blog this weekend as usual. We will discuss the film and readings on the following Monday (February 14th).

Also due this Wednesday is your case study proposal. Please read about the case study assignment in your syllabus and bring a thoughtful, detailed, and interesting proposal to class. I encourage you to share your case study proposal on the blog as well as comment on each other's work.

Screening: Darwin’s Nightmare (Hubert Sauper, 2004)

Reading:

Can Film Change the World? (R. W. Keegan, Time Magazine, March 3, 2008, vol. 171, issue 11, p59-61);

Darwin’s Man in Africa (B. Ruby Rich, L.A. Weekly, February 9, 2006);

Film; The Feel-Good Feel-Bad Movie (A.O. Scott, The New York Times, March 27, 2005);

In the Heart of Darkness: The Environmental Endgame of Darwin’s Nightmare (B. Trbic, Screen Education, Issue 40);

Feeding Europe, Starving at Home (A. O. Scott, The New York Times, August 3, 2005);

The Descent of Man: Essential doc views globalization through the prism of Tanzanian eco-disaster, sees colonialism (Dennis Lim, Village Voice, July 26, 2005);

Documentaries to Revisit: Darwin’s Nightmare (“Docs Interactive” blog: http://docsinprogress.blogspot.com/2007/07/documentaries-to-revist-darwins.html);

Darwin’s Nightmare (Wikipedia entry);

Campaign to support Darwin’s Nightmare and the director : http://www.stolendev.com/hubert/ (to enter the site – username: doc / the password: signer);

Darwin’s Nightmare (“Waves of Change” blog: http://deepdishwavesofchange.blogspot.com/2008/01/campaign-against-darwins-nightmare.html)