Document Type
Article
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is twofold: to share experiences and strategies about teaching race and oppression with African films and promote the use of non-Western films in the classroom. By referring to bell hooks' and Richard Dyer's works, the paper discusses how teachers have a responsibility to create a learning environment in which students learn to be open minded and to challenge the status quo.
African films offer an opportunity to achieve this goal. Films such as Black Girl demand students’ attention but also require in-depth discussions if we want to raise students’ awareness of films as political weapons and expressions of oppression.
Recommended Citation
Di Carmine, Roberta
(2010)
"Teaching Students to Challenge the Status Quo: Recognizing Oppression in African Film,"
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies: Vol. 71:
No.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/the_councilor/vol71/iss1/4
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