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Courses - Fall 2023
CHIN
Chinese Department Site
CHIN418T
Special Topics in Contemporary Chinese Fiction and Film; Where Truth Lies: Chinese Cinema between Fact and Fiction
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with CINE429F. Credit only granted for CHIN418T and CINE429F.

This course explores Chinese/Sinophone films and media that unsettle the boundary between fiction and nonfiction in this class. Course materials under discussion draw on a variety of genres, forms, and approaches: reportage, mockumentary, docudrama, found footage, true crime series, crowd-sourced video remix, filmed reenactments, essay film and ephemeral media of various kinds, etc.