India: Documentary Production and Cultural Studies will offer students a broad range of India’s exotic environments including Hyderabad, Chennai, Madurai and Dindigul. Students will experience the diversity of both urban and rural India, as well as north and south Indian cultures.
Hyderabad’s Ramoji Film City and Mahendra Ecole Central will provide the setting for studying documentary production within a South Indian context. Through a series of classroom lectures and screenings students will receive a comprehensive introduction to South Indian cinema, with an emphasis on documentary. CUNY students will work collaboratively with Mahendra Ecole Central students on the preproduction, production and post production of short documentary projects.
CUNY students will travel by train and bus to the Dindigul District, including Madurai, and will have an opportunity to visit rural India. At the Gandhigram Rural Institute students will learn about street theater and the use of traditional creative formats as a way of providing village audiences’ with information about health, environmental issues, and education.
Study Abroad India: Documentary Production and Cultural Studies will be offered annually during the January intercession. CUNY students can earn 3 credits for the 21 day course. Course costs: $3,199 (not including tuition). For further information please contact:
Professor Annette Danto, Program Director
718 951 5664
917 443 0554
Office of International Education and Global Engagement
1108 Boylan Hall
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
P: 718.951.5189
E: iege@brooklyn.cuny.edu
