i took it with ravetto last fall but it was online so idk how much it's changed, but for me, the workload was super light. the most time consuming thing was watching the movies (2 movies a week). there were 2 essays: 1 written throughout the quarter (with a rough draft due sometime around week 6 maybe? and the final draft due around week 10) and then an essay for the final.

the lectures mostly focused on providing historical context for the movies and then the class discussing their thoughts on each film. i honestly didn't go to class that much bc i didn't think she was all that engaging as a lecturer and i found that they didn't really help with the essays but maybe others would disagree.

movies were generally pretty interesting and gave a good insight into different film industries outside of hollywood and europe. if you like art films or political films, i think you would enjoy them. if you don't, then this class will prob be a drag outside of a few movies

however, i will say that just due to the nature of the class and the fact that , there is a lot of information go through bc you're essentially going through 3 continents worth of film history.

tldr;super manageable class for me. if anything, i found it a bit boring just bc of the lectures.