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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The American University in Cairo Press
2022
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Tag hinzufügen | 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | xviii, 495 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9789774169588 |