Natasha Ngaiza

I took this class without having taken a film class before, and this experience cemented within me a deeper appreciation for not only the strict content covered in film but primarily the form behind each shot: the lighting, cinematography, cuts and sounds. Professor Ngaiza assigned short reading responses each week, which allowed me to explore my personal relationship with each reading and deepen my creative writing skills. The bulk grade of the class was divided into creative group projects and a final individual project. For the group work, we created a film, made a movie poster and compiled a slide show. Individually, we had to create a collage and our own short image film. For me, this type of work felt very enriching and was more engaging than writing essays and doing heavy readings. I would recommend this class for anyone who wants to learn more about film, not just people who want to major in Black Studies.

I took this class without having taken a film class before, and this experience cemented within me a deeper appreciation for not only the strict content covered in film but primarily the form behind each shot: the lighting, cinematography, cuts and sounds. Professor Ngaiza assigned short reading responses each week, which allowed me …Read more

For someone who has relatively no interest in film, I actually had a pretty good time. Professor Ngaiza was very passionate and genuinely fun to work with, but she does hold fairly high expectations. There are LOTS of group projects, but they're all reasonably relevant to course understanding. Overall, it was fun and not too stressful.

Professor Ngaiza is really educated in this field and is also super passionate about what she teaches. If you really are interrested in the film industry and want to learn more about Black History this class is great however does contain a lot of projects and work outside of class