New voices in Arab cinema /
Roy Armes.
- xiv, 333 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-322) and index.
Introduction -- Characteristics of the new cinema -- The filmmakers. The new importance of women filmmakers -- Questions of identity -- Training -- Funding -- A cosmopolitan generation -- Documentary. Palestine -- Lebanon -- Egypt and Maghreb -- Iraq -- Syria -- Feature filmmaking. Algeria -- Morocco -- Tunisia -- Egypt -- Lebanon -- Palestine -- Iraq -- Syria -- The Gulf.
Focuses on contemporary filmmaking since the 1980s, but also considers the longer history of Arab cinema. This book offers both a coherent, historical overview and an in-depth critical analysis of Arab filmmaking.