Course

Plus ça change?: The Cuties Controversy in Context

Feb 18, 2026 - Feb 18, 2026

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Description

Everything old is new again. Learn how a transatlantic moral panic about a 2020 French art-house film (Netflix's Cuties) harkens back to debates from the early twentieth century about media distribution and free speech.

Date(s)February 18, 2026

Class Time(s)Wed 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Instructor Naomi DeCelles

Naomi DeCelles, BA Stanford, MA and PhD U of California, is Assistant Professor at the University of Tampa. She is a film historian & translator with interests in historiography, archive studies, media theory, & feminist & Indigenous media studies.

LocationFerman Center for the Arts at UT

# of Meeting(s)1

Notes

This is a face-to-face class.

Wed 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM; 1 session on 02/18/2026 (New lessons are released None specified)