Session 1: Introductions
Session 2: What Is the Ocean? Imagining and Encountering Ocean Animals
In-class viewing:
- Leviathan. Directed by George P. Cosmatos. Color, 98 min. 1989.
- My Octopus Teacher. Directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed. Color, 85 min. 2020.
Session 3: Seaside Leisure
In-class viewing:
- Step Into Liquid. Directed by Dana Brown. Color, 88 min. 2003.
Session 4: Oceanic Economies
In-class viewing:
- The Forgotten Space. Directed by Noël Burch and Allan Sekula. Color, 112 min. 2010.
Assignment due: Paper One
Session 5: The Microbial Ocean
In-class viewing:
- Aliens of the Deep. Directed by James Cameron and Steven Quale. Color, 100 min. 2005.
Session 6: The Black Atlantic
In-class viewing:
- The End of Eating Everything. Directed by Wangechi Mutu. Color, 8 mins. 2013.
Session 7: Pirates and Other Offshore Agents
In-class viewing:
- Stolen Seas. Directed by Thymaya Payne. Color, 90 min. 2012.
Session 8: Fishing, Overfishing, and Property
In-class viewing:
- The Cove. Directed by Louie Psihoyos. Color, 92 min. 2009.
Assignment due: Paper Two
Session 9: Reimagining the Pacific
Session 10: Mediated Ocean
In-class viewing:
- Purple Sea. Directed by Khaled Abdulwahed and Amel Alzakout. Color, 67 min. 2020.
Session 11: Sea Level Rise
In-class viewing:
- One Word. Directed by Viviana Uriona. Color, 83 min. 2020.
Session 12: Waves
In-class viewing:
- Waves Across the Pacific. Directed by Robert E. Dierbeck. Color, 32 min. 1967. YouTube.
Assignment due: Paper Three
