Fall 2026

Blacks, Film, and Society

AFROAMER 303 examines African American history and societal trends through the lens of film and television representations.

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Summary

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Historical reviews of Thulani Davis: Assignments include watching assigned movies outside of class and writing papers, with one student reporting an A grade.

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  • Sophomore standing
AFROAMER 303

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews for Thulani Davis describe a lecture-based Black Film course where students watch assigned movies outside class. Reviewers note her unique insights and high quality, but also report the class as boring and unclear on grading standards.

THULANI DAVIS is recorded teaching in Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

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Historical reviews for Thulani Davis describe the course as interesting with unique insights, though one reviewer found the grading unclear.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 3.18 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=34 letter grades); Fall 2020: 3.36 GPA, 60.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.53 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Thulani Davis: Assignments include watching assigned movies outside of class and writing papers, with one student reporting an A grade.

One historical reviewer found the lectures boring and the professor awful, despite earning an A.

Topics

  • African American past in film and television
  • Images of blacks in popular culture
  • Societal trends and media

Grades

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