Ten Arab Filmmakers: Political Dissent and Social Critique

Author/Contributor(s):	Gugler, Josef ; Salamandra, Christa ; Smolin, Jonathan ; Mostafa, Dalia Said ; Kennedy, Tim ; Abu-Remaileh, Refqa ; Shafik, Viola ; Geer, Benjamin ; Austin, Guy ; Higbee, Will
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Date:	06/29/2015
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Ten Arab Filmmakers provides an up-to-date overview of the best of Arab cinema, offering studies of leading directors and in-depth analyses of their most important films. The filmmakers profiled here represent principal national cinemas of the Arab world--Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, and Syria. Although they have produced many of the region's most-renowned films and gained recognition at major international festivals, with few exceptions these filmmakers have received little critical attention. All ten share a concern with giving image and voice to people struggling against authoritarian regimes, patriarchal traditions, or religious fundamentalism--theirs is a cinéma engagé.

The featured directors are Daoud Abd El-Sayed, Merzak Allouache, Nabil Ayouch, Youssef Chahine, Mohamed Chouikh, Michel Khleifi, Nabil Maleh, Yousry Nasrallah, Jocelyne Saab, and Elia Suleiman.