LLS 1360 - The Apprentice: Black Sexual Politics and the Media

Credits: 3 hrs.

There has been a shake up on a major urban television network. Your bosses have been fired. You are now assistant producers assigned to develop and and pitch to the new network four cutting edge documentaries that examine issues that surrounding Black sexual politics including: race, gender, sexuality, social class, nationality, capitalism. The demographic is the 18-25 year old television audience. In this course you will learn to effectively use written and oral communication skills to develop, write, edit, and produce a videotape “pitching a new documentary” to the network executives. The winning apprentice team will produce a television show. In this seminar you will examine critical race theory, critical theory, gender, globalization, black sexual politics, and images. c