272.33 sec. 001 - Environmental Health Law Through Film (Fall 2022)
Instructor: Claudia Polsky (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only | profile)
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Mode of Instruction: In-Person
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Course End: November 14, 2022
Class Number: 32754
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Enrolled: 40
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 41
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Why do so many kids have asthma? Why is aggressive brain cancer becoming more common? Why do dangerous beauty products preferentially harm BIPOC women? Why is human fertility decreasing by 1% per year?
Through the lens of environmental feature films and documentaries, this course will discuss the legal structures that under-protect our environmental health and that magnify health inequity. Films are likely to include The China Syndrome (nuclear reactor accidents), Erin Brokovitch (toxic air emissions), Dark Waters (contaminated drinking water), Not So Pretty HBO Max series (hazardous cosmetics and personal care products), and various Native American and other Indigenous shorts (addressing, for example, pollution impacts on wild rice harvests).
The course will meet for a total of 7 classroom discussion sessions spaced throughout the semester. Outside of the seminar sessions, students will generally have the option to view films on their own through streaming services, or as a group in our regularly assigned classroom and time slot.
The course will include at least one opportunity to interact with a movie's production crew to discuss the role of filmmaking in effecting social change. Grading will be based on completion of three short response papers. The pedagogical goal is for you to learn a lot about substantive environmental health issues and environmental law while also having fun and eating popcorn.
Attendance at the first class is mandatory for all currently enrolled and waitlisted students; any currently enrolled or waitlisted students who are not present on the first day of class (without prior permission of the instructor) will be dropped. The instructor will continue to take attendance throughout the add/drop period and anyone who moves off the waitlist into the class must continue to attend or have prior permission of the instructor in order not to be dropped.
Exam Notes: (None) Class requires a series of papers, assignments, or presentations throughout the semester
Course Category: Environmental and Energy Law
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
Race and Law
Social Justice and Public Interest
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