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Many twentieth century Chinese-language films were concerned with issues of nationhood, identity, trauma, and a national past. In more recent decades, some filmmakers have chosen to look at the present and the effects of globalization on Chinese societies and cultures. This course asks that students begin to understand Chinese-language cinemas as transnational, comprising separate but also interlocking Mainland, Taiwan, and Hong Kong filmmaking traditions that have from the very beginning operated in a global context. Students will be introduced to the history of and scholarship on Chinese-language cinemas via an examination of twelve films directed by some of these cinemas’ most accomplished artists.

Introduction

The Goddess (1934)

Spring in a Small Town (1948)

Two Stage Sisters (1964)

Field Trip to “Undercover Underworld” exhibition

City on Fire (1987)

Dust in the Wind (1986)

Red Sorghum (1987)

Xiao Wu (1997)

In the Mood for Love (2000)

Her Story (2024)

Yi Yi (2000)