Documentary filmmaking in the Middle East and North Africa:

"The spectrum of contemporary nonfiction films from the MENA region is huge, as can be seen from a cursory glance at the catalogs of many international and local festivals. Such works range from interventionist fly-on-the-wall, guerrilla-type filmmaking methods, to 'expository' or rhe...

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Weitere Verfasser: Shafik, Viola 1961- (HerausgeberIn), Abdulameer, Ali (MitwirkendeR), Alawadhi, Hend F. (MitwirkendeR), Bahmad, Jamal (MitwirkendeR), Baǧāwī, Aḥmad (MitwirkendeR), Bowen, Dore 1961- (MitwirkendeR), Desouki, Yasmin (MitwirkendeR), Dickinson, Kay 1972- (MitwirkendeR), Essafi, Ali 1963- (MitwirkendeR), Gana, Nouri (MitwirkendeR), Ghawanmeh, Mohannad (MitwirkendeR), Hadouchi, Olivier (MitwirkendeR), Izzo, Ahmad (MitwirkendeR), Lebow, Alisa 1964- (MitwirkendeR), Limbrick, Peter 1967- (MitwirkendeR), Martin, Florence 1959- (MitwirkendeR), Neidhardt, Irit 1969- (MitwirkendeR), Pethke, Stefan (MitwirkendeR), Rouxel, Mathilde (MitwirkendeR), Saglier, Viviane (MitwirkendeR), Shohat, Ella 1959- (MitwirkendeR), Soueid, Mohamad (MitwirkendeR), Toukan, Hanan (MitwirkendeR), Toukan, Oraib 1977- (MitwirkendeR)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cairo The American University in Cairo Press 2022
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Zusammenfassung:"The spectrum of contemporary nonfiction films from the MENA region is huge, as can be seen from a cursory glance at the catalogs of many international and local festivals. Such works range from interventionist fly-on-the-wall, guerrilla-type filmmaking methods, to 'expository' or rhetorical agitprop, as well as observational, poetic, performative, and self-reflexive modes, and more avant-garde approaches. More recently, autobiographical-inspired films, historical reenactments, and fake documentaries have completed the picture. The reasons for such diversity are certainly numerous and complex and invite a similarly wide range of theoretical considerations and methodological approaches"--Introduction
Beschreibung:xviii, 495 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9789774169588