DIS STD M164A

Documentary Production for Social Change: Mobility in Los Angeles

Disability Studies · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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(Same as Urban Planning M164A.) Exploration of documentary filmmaking as catalyst for social change, using daily commute in Los Angeles as case study. Introduction to issues of race, ethnicity, gender, disability, and class on experiences of commuting, access to public transportation, and car-based versus alternative (bike and pedestrian) forms of commuting. Exposure to observational, interview-based, and participatory documentary shooting and editing techniques, as well as social marketing strategies that are vital to documentary production and distribution.

Letter grading.

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