Culturally Sustaining Film Pedagogies

Abstract

Current film pedagogies strive to incorporate student interest in film analysis and production. Unfortunately, these pedagogies often ignore students' experiences, cultures, and media consumption habits. This chapter creates a framework for culturally sustaining film pedagogy (CSFP) to better support students' identities. To do this, this chapter examines film pedagogies, their flaws, and how they can benefit from incorporating elements culturally sustaining pedagogies. Then, this chapter discusses how two classrooms successfully incorporated CSFP and how students benefitted using interviews, examples, and analysis.