1. ?Explore, with examples from readings and national cinemas so far,

 1.  Explore, with examples from readings and national cinemas so far, the complexities of ‘Third World Cinema’, their vast spheres of imagination, representation, intervention, and contestations.  

2. pick one from three 

 a) With attention to each film’s narrative realms and trajectories, analyze the themes of society, childhood, marginality, and struggles for self-determination in The Second Mother and Heli.  

 b) Discuss, with requisite references to their social, political, economic and aesthetic dynamics, the discourses of community and resistance in The Harder They Come and Sugar Cane Alley. 

 c) Referencing the film’s context of production, examine how critical configurations, anchored in feminist sensibilities, religion, culture and community shape the narrative dynamics of Wadjda.