ISBN: 9780253016522

Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Indiana University Press (27 May 2015)
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 1.8 x 22.6 cm

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 cinema engage.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.”