Documenting Resistance on Film: The Poor People's Campaign from 1968 to Today

This documentary course explores the rich archival landscape and contemporary reverberations of the 1968 Poor People's Campaign, a transformative social movement that radically challenged economic inequality and systemic poverty across racial lines in the United States. Students will develop their research and filmmaking skills through hands-on engagement with historical materials and documentary techniques in order to explore the role of cultural production in movement spaces. Working independently and collaboratively, students will analyze how archives shape our understanding of history, study contemporary creative approaches to documentary, and learn practical skills for film production.