ONLINE! Our Nation's Narrative In Film: The American Dream and Beyond…

Code: SL51002

Dates: January 15-22, 2021

Meets: 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Sessions: 2

Location: ONLINE

Course Fee: $59.00

Sorry, we are no longer accepting registrations for this course. Please contact our office to find out if it will be rescheduled, or if alternative classes are available.

This class presents movie clips that reflect the multi-faceted narrative of a diverse nation in all its thrilling, triumphant and flawed complexity. Talented filmmakers from different eras and unique artistic backgrounds form a genuine composite sketch of American Life — framing in sharp relief where we’ve been, where we are now, and where we, as a people and a country, might be heading in the future. The music soundtracks from each film will be showcased as film composers play a pivotal role in making a powerful cinematic experience. PART 1: 1. The American Dream – films: The Godfather Part 2, West Side Story, Do The Right Thing 2. Coming of Age – films: The Graduate, Lady Bird 3. Social Justice – films: Crossfire, To Kill A Mockingbird, A Patch of Blue, The New Centurions 4. The Workplace - films: Norma Rae, Working Girl PART 2: 5. War – films: Full Metal Jacket, Saving Private Ryan, The Best Years Of Our Lives, The Hurt Locker 6. On the Road — films: Easy Rider, Thelma & Louise, Rain Man 7. The Outlaw — films: The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Godfather: Part 1 & Part 2, Badlands 8. The Underdog – films: – Hoosiers, The Verdict, Rocky
Fee: $59.00
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Marc Lapadula

Marc Lapadula is a Senior Lecturer in Film And Media Studies at Yale University where he runs and teaches the screenwriting program. He is a playwright, screenwriter and an award-winning film producer. In addition to Yale, Marc has taught at Columbia University’s Graduate Film School. He also created the screenwriting programs at both The University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins where he won Outstanding Teaching awards. He has been invited to lecture on a wide range of classic and contemporary films across America as well as in cities in Canada, England and Mexico. His acclaimed presentations have been at many notable venues like The National Press Club, The Smithsonian Institution, The Guthrie Theater, The Commonwealth Club, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Toronto Jewish Film Festival, The New York Historical Society and The Festival of Ideas in Mexico City to name only a few. He produced ANGEL PASSING, starring Hume Cronyn and Teresa Wright. The film premiered at The Sundance Film Festival and won, among many other awards, the grand prize at Worldfest Houston. Other movies he produced include MENTOR, starring Rutger Hauer, which premiered at The Tribeca Film Festival.

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