Summer 2025
The Representation of Justice in Films. This course is at full capacity and is no longer accepting applications.
Dates: June 03, 2025 - July 15, 2025Day/Time: Tuesday; Friday 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Level: 300-Level
Certificate: Human Rights
Instructor: Sabine El Chamaa, Bard College
This course examines the intersection between Justice and Cinema in seminal international fiction and non-fiction films. Students critically engage with the historical (and current) role of film in representing the court, and with representations of 'right versus wrong'. Through analysis and class debates, readings in film theory and sociology, the intrinsic link between perceptions of justice and injustice, and movies is revealed.
Credits: 3 US / 6 ECTS