1. ***I also request that you use at least a few good, reliable scholarly sources (going beyond our class readings) to frame your own analysis.
I want for everyone to watch at least five full-length films, or a longer series, or a substantial selection of shorts (including cartoons). You can concentrate either on one genre (like comedy, war movies, etc.) or look at how Russian life is presented in different genres and different times in the history of Russian cinema. I want you to look both at representations of Russian life and how cinematographers seek to represent it for the purposes of their art.
You need to clearly understand the historical context of each movie, meaning when it was made and what was going on in Russia at that time as well as what historical period is presented in the movie and what was going on in the country back then. I encourage you to read all the descriptions and comments on YouTube, Netflix and such and make sure you understand the context. Please always refer to particular periods, don’t assume “Soviet period” was always the same: 1930s were very different from, say, 1970s.
Please write down your observations of power and authority, gender roles, family and work relations, and class issues as well as emotions, humor and bitterness. What does cinema tell us about how people used to live in Russia? How is Russian cinema different from other national cinematic traditions that you are familiar with?
3.***For in-text citations, quotations, etc only use : American Anthropological Association ( AAA) style citation guide (based on the Chicago Manual of Style).
I UPLOADED A FILE WITH ALL THE VIDEOS LINKS IN A MS DOC.
ALSO, INCLUDE A REFERENCE PAGE USING AAA STYLE.