NOTE: This course is also offered on Tuesday mornings on Zoom (Section 1).
This time we are mixing it up: some feature films and some docs! We will find connections through iPhones, surrogacy, archeology, childhood bonds, robotics, games, troubled teens, sustaining Art, and non-binary issues. The films are all winners and will provoke robust discussion in class, leaving you to ponder the big questions long after class has wrapped up.
Our movies: Writing with Fire; Puzzle; The Dig; Past Lives; Made in Boise; Juno; I’m Your Man; Mars One; Every Body, and American Symphony.
Format: Each week we will watch the scheduled film at home and discuss it in class. Two class members will collaborate on presenting one movie, each leading the discussion for one segment. Every class member will be a discussion leader. Questions may be sent out ahead of time to help the class focus on particular aspects of the movie or an alternate class exercise may be offered. A slide presentation is not required.
Resources/Expenses: Films are available on Amazon Prime, Netflix, Kanopy and other streaming services. A small fee may be charged by these platforms. The library also carries some of our films.