WEEK 08 > LOS ANGELES II: The City as Queer Playground

CORE QUESTION: "What is queer cinema, and how is it visualized in city films?"

WEEK 07 > OAKLAND: Ghettos and Barios

CORE QUESTION: "How and why are disenfranchised city spaces visualized and aestheticized?"

WEEK 06 > BERUIT: The City Divided, The City in Ruins

CORE QUESTION: "What does the "ruin" as trope contribute to our understanding of divided cities in film?"

WEEK 05 > HONG KONG: The City Film Industry

CORE QUESTION: "How do city films speak across cultural and political divides?"