OSUN Theme: Arts and Society
Screenwriting and Human Rights
Term: January 28, 2025 – May 20, 2025Level: 200-Level
Day/Time: Tuesday; 9:00 AM - 11:20 AM EDT
Instructor: Lisa Katzman, Bard College
Human rights, whether individual are collective are the underpinning of much human conflict and for that reason, a foundation of dramatic art. In this course students will write a short screenplay (approximately 30 pages in length) exploring a human rights issue of their choice. As well as learning the structural elements of dramatic writing, we will critically examine a number of films from global cinema and related readings that explore human rights conflicts from various perspectives.
Credits: 4 US / 8 ECTS