Through screening, readings, and discussions, this self-paced online course will critically examine some of the most important trilogies in world cinema in order to see how cinematic trilogies, in a spectrum of genres, deepen our appreciation of each director's recurrent themes, voices, and styles. These trilogies (such as Star Wars, The Godfather," "The Lord of Rings," "Three Colors," "The Dark Knight," "Coppola's "Young Girls," and Martel's "Salta") provide great opportunities to explore ideology, gender, sexuality in media serialization.