African/francophone Film
Overview of cinematic works from francophone Africa and other areas, teaching analysis and writing about cinema while exploring links to politics, ideology, and identity.
Summary
Past student reviews · Vlad Dima
Participation was important in the small class setting, and the instructor appreciated any demonstration of effort in assignments.
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapSophomore standing and 3 credits in AFRICAN, or graduate/professional standing
- Sophomore standing and 3 credits in AFRICAN, or graduate/professional standing
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- Sophomore standing and 3 credits in AFRICAN, or graduate/professional standing
Professors
Spring 2027No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
VLAD DIMA is recorded teaching in Spring 2019, Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
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Student experience
the class
Past student reviews · Vlad Dima
Students found the course casual and humorous, with an instructor who valued personal perspective and effort over rigid adherence to single interpretations.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2010: 3.54 GPA, 73.9% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2019: 3.77 GPA, 85.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2021: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Past student reviews · Vlad Dima
Participation was important in the small class setting, and the instructor appreciated any demonstration of effort in assignments.
Past student reviews · Vlad Dima
The instructor was described as very accessible and reassuring during office hours, fostering an open environment for analysis papers.
Topics
- Cinematic works from francophone Africa and other regions
- Links between cinema and national or regional politics and ideology
- Spectatorship and identity formation
Skills
- Analysis and writing about cinema
- Linking cinema to national or regional politics and ideology
- Examining spectatorship and identity formation
Grades
Latest available · Fall 2021— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
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Through Fall 2021
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Explore recorded gradesRecorded 2026-10-14
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Model & dataset provenance
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