SART 305 History of Screen Arts

Warner, K. J. (2015). The Racial Logic of Grey’s Anatomy: Shonda Rhimes and Her “Post-Civil Rights, Post-Feminist” Series. Television & New Media, 16(7), 631–647. https://doi-org.lib.pepperdine.edu/10.1177/1527476414550529

Director: Billy Wilder
The story of Norma Desmond, an aging film queen, who prepares for her grand comeback to stardom, and of Joe Gillis, a screenwriter who comes to her aid when she takes him in.

Director: Elia Kazan
An Arkansas hobo becomes an overnight media sensation. But as he becomes drunk with fame and power, will he ever be exposed as the fraud he has become?

Director: Billy Wilder
The Ace in the Hole is Leo Minosa, trapped in a cliff dwelling near Albuquerque, N.M. The publicity from his situation could be a boon for several people: Chuck Tatum, manipulative veteran newsman; Lorraine, his bored wife who dreams of city lights; Sheriff Gus Kretzer, boosting his re-election campaign; and young Herbie, a reporter who wants to make the big leagues.

Director: Werner Herzog
Documentarian Werner Herzog leads viewers on a journey through a series of provocative conversations that reveal the ways in which the online world has transformed how virtually everything in the real world works - from business to education, space travel to healthcare, and the very heart of how we conduct our personal relationships.

Director: Ryan Coogler
King T'Challa returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as new leader. However, when enemies conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must join forces with members of the Wakandan Special Forces, to prevent Wakanda from being drawn into a world war.