Immigration, a hot-button issue here in America, is a headline-grabber in Western Europe, too. Three 21st-century European films jumpstart our discussion of this very current event: one British, one German, and one an international co-production, set in Britain but directed by a Mexican.
The films to borrow (local library), stream or rent and watch before each class:
Jan. 27, Dirty Pretty Things (Stephen Frears, 2002)
Feb. 3, Gegen die Wand (Head-On) (Fatih Akin, 2004)
Feb. 10, Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
Michael Walsh was born in London to Irish immigrant parents and was educated at Sussex University and SUNY Buffalo. He co-founded the Cinema Department at the University of Hartford and chaired it for 14 years. He has published widely on film, literature, and theory. His book, Durational Cinema: A Short History of Long Films, appeared from Palgrave Macmillan at the end of 2022. He plans to retire from full-time teaching at the end of the present academic year.
Mondays, Jan. 27, Feb. 3, 10 | 3 p.m.–4:30 p.m. | KF Room/Harrison Libraries | $60
This course is made possible in part by the generosity of the Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
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