New Voices in Arab Cinema

352 Pages·2015·1.9 MB·English

by  Roy Armes

New Voices in ArAb ciNemA
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New Voices in
Ar Ab ciNem A
roy Armes
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For Helen, Philip, and Alison
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Arab cultural modernity in the twentieth century was probably
even more far-reaching than during the nineteenth-century re-
naissance, since it went beyond the written word. other forms of
cultural creation presented themselves, different ways in which
Arab artistic expression could reflect its time—in the visual arts,
theatre, music and in particular the cinema.
samir Kassir, Being Arab
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contents
Acknowledgments xi
List of Abbreviations xiii
introduction 1
1. Characteristics of the New Cinema 7
2. The Filmmakers 11
The New importance of women Filmmakers 12
Questions of identity 14
Training 17
Funding 19
A cosmopolitan Generation 20
3. Documentary 22
Palestine 23
Lebanon 50
egypt and the maghreb 69
iraq 81
syria 85
4. Feature Filmmaking 89
Algeria 90
morocco 125
Tunisia 164
egypt 191
Lebanon 208
Palestine 244
iraq 281
syria 297
The Gulf 301
Notes 305
bibliography 315
index 323