Week 2: Born in Flames

Sept 15

Please watch/read:

• Born in Flames, dir. Lizzie Borden (1983) [80 min]
• Silvia Federici, Wages Againsst Housework (1975)
  
• Combahee River Collective Statement (1977)
  
• Audre Lorde, “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House” (1979)
  

Please select one scene from Born in Flames that you were intrigued by and would be interested in analyzing. From this scene, please make a screenshot of one still (or frame).  Write (at least) five observations on different formal features. These might include lighting, framing, depth, color.

There will be an optional screening of Born in Flames in the Rocky Mathey Theater on Monday at 7pm. I encourage you to watch the film uninterrupted on the big screen. You can also find the film on Princeton’s Kanopy. 


Due Friday, Sept 18:  Close Reading Exercise