Critical approach through films

The growing prominence of water issues in the world is accompanied by an exponential production of documentary films. These water documentaries, produced by television channels or independent producers, are for the most part freely available on the Internet. The power of the image makes it possible to combine both the materiality of water and its manifestations, and its societal or environmental consequences. This module will take place in several stages through which students will successively search the Internet for documentaries on subjects that interest them, work in pairs to produce a critical analysis of the selected film, give a three-minute presentation of the film in front of the students of the same course (followed by a short collective scientific discussion), and share the results with the other courses in the class.

This module aims to exploit the wealth of hundreds of documentaries dealing with different aspects of water that can be accessed on the Internet. It not only raises students' awareness through images, but also uses these materials to develop students' critical thinking skills. Contributing to a database of fact sheets co-produced by different universities(www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/cwd), students will also be able to use this database to select and view different films that will allow them to broaden their culture of water and its problems.

Hourly volumes* :

            CM : 0

            TD : 18

            TP : 0

            Land : 0

The control of this module is done through the marking of the analytical form as well as the presentation to the students of the course.