Courses and Workshops > Summer 2012

Four Films from Scandinavia

Linda Rugg

Since the silent era, the Scandinavians have been leading international producers of films. This very brief summer series is designed to give students a sense of the sweep of Scandinavian filmmaking from the silent era to today, with a special emphasis on magical women and beautiful photography. We will be watching and discussing films from Sweden, Denmark, and Finland/Russia. Students will view the films in a screening before each lecture/discussion.

There will be an optional film screening before each class from 10:00 am-12:00 noon at Freight and Salvage. (Note change in time.)

Linda Haverty Rugg is a professor in the Scandinavian Department at UC Berkeley. Her doctorate was in Comparative Literature, and she has published an article on Mark Twain and the performance of race. She has taught courses on Scandinavian crime fiction, Scandinavian film, Old Icelandic sagas, and the different facets of Mark Twain for OLLI @Berkeley.