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Dibs Fall 2026

FILM TV 106C

History of African, Asian, and Latin American Film

Lecture/screenings, six hours; discussion, one hour. Focus on films drawn mainly from cinema of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, with additional films encompassing Third Cinema and diasporas that complement and contextualize thinking about these regions and various cinema movements they have generated. Examination of the influences and socioeconomic conditions in which they emerge, and how they revolutionized film aesthetics. These films diverge from, as well as respond to, the language and visual idiom of Hollywood and popular European Cinema, and therefore, may challenge expectations. Study is concerned with how cinema interprets history, conveys cultural beliefs, and comes to terms with identity, history, and politics caused by colonialism, nationalism, and traditionalism. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.68
n = 517 · 4 terms · ± 0.024
A range
79%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
1%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
1.7%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Not offered in Fall 2026.

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 13421F
  • 11222F
  • 11624S
  • 16225W
Enrolment by term: 21F 134, 22F 112, 24S 116, 25W 162
Peak 162 Most recent 162 in 25W 4 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 41 · 7.8%
  • A 241 · 45.8%
  • A- 126 · 24.0%
  • B+ 55 · 10.5%
  • B 24 · 4.6%
  • B- 12 · 2.3%
  • C+ 3 · 0.6%
  • C 6 · 1.1%
  • F 9 · 1.7%
  • P 3 · 0.6%
  • I 6 · 1.1%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Instructor Predicted Raw n Terms A range
RAVETTO, KRISTINE SUZANNE 3.57 3.57 240 2 73%
FERNANDEZ DE ALBA, ANA 3.81 3.83 162 1 90%
NORIEGA, CHON A 3.68 3.68 115 1 77%

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

By term