Routledge Handbook on Arab Cinema.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mellor, Noha.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Arab countries--History.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (461 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.

Summary:

Building on a growing body of literature, this Handbook provides an up-to-date and authoritative survey of Arab cinema.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Endorsement

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Contributors

Note On Style

Introduction

The Diversity of Arab Films

Gender

Religion

Politics of Identity

References

Part 1 Overview

1 In the Shadow of Critique: Major Themes of Maghrebi Cinema

Films Without an Industry: Taking Stock

First Critical Period

Second Critical Period

Third Critical Period

On Several Critical Themes: The Voiceless Body

Political Violence: The Return of Memory

Conclusion

Notes

2 The Story of Iraqi Cinema: A Dream Shattered By Political and Economic Tribulations

The Beginnings

Public Sector Cinema in Iraq

Private Sector Cinema in Iraq

The General Organization for Cinema and Theater

Mixed-sector Cinema

Iraqi Cinema After 2003

References (All in Arabic)

3 Filmmaking and Film Cultures On the Arabian Peninsula

Past Frameworks

Undefining "The Region"

Festivals, Funding, and Production Infrastructure

Feature Films

Short Films

Conclusion: "Maafi Malum"

4 Development of the Cinema Industry in Egypt

Egyptian Cinema and Pan-Arab Identity

The Cinema of the Private Sector

Contractors' Cinema

The Decline of Egyptian Cinema

Calls for Independent Cinema

Television Lures Producers

Impediments

5 Reimagining Sudan: Sufism, Revolt, and National Identity(ies) in Film

Cinema in the Global South: Facilitating Dialogue, Challenging Norms, and Constructing Identities

Negotiating Identity in Sudan: The Confluence of History, Culture, and Cinema

Sudanese Cinema: An Historical Backdrop

Sudan's Cinema: A Canvas for Identity, Belonging, and Societal Reflection.

Sufism's Influence On Sudanese Cinema: A Mystic Lens for Cultural Narratives

Sudan Film Factory: A Rekindling of Sudan's Silver Screen

Goodbye Julia: A Cinematic Lens On Sudan's Societal Transformation and the Quest for National Unity

A Nation Under Siege

Note

6 Cinema in the Levant

What Is Levant Cinema?

Palestinian Cinema

Syrian Cinema

Lebanese Cinema

Jordanian Cinema

7 Jordanian Cinema: A Burgeoning Scene

A Brief History of Jordanian Cinema

Jordanian Films and the Question of Representation

Captain Abu Raed (2008)

Cherkess (2011)

Theeb (2015)

3000 Nights (2016)

200 Meters (2020)

Amira (2021)

Farha (2021)

8 Arab Animation Cinema: From Sand to Screen

The Absence of Arab Animation History

The Scarcity of Animation Academies and Festivals in the Arab Region

Increasing the Global Visibility of Arab Animated Films

The Production of Arab Animated Films By International Animators

The Production of Animated Feature Films Through the Lens of Arab Talents

Arab Animation Cinema as Creative Resistance

9 The Value Chain of the Film Sector

Film Production

Film Distribution and Piracy

Ticket Sales

Film Festivals

Over-the-top (OTT) Content

Part 2 Gender Representation

10 Gender Representation in Algerian Cinema

The First Generation: Colonial Cinema in Algeria

Algerian Cinema's Second-Generation Films

Algerian Third-Generation Films

Gender Representation in Films

Gender Representation in Two Algerian Women's Films

11 Cassettes, Cameras, and Computers: The Gendering of Media in Arab Narrative Cinema

Introduction.

Omar Gatlato and the Cassette Tape Recorder

Super-8 in West Beirut

The Book of Sun and Video in the Digital Age

Toward an Inclusive Cinematic Arab Media Historiography

12 Fictive Witnessing: Leila Kilani's On the Edge and Kaouther Ben Hania's Beauty and the Dogs

Kilani and Hania's Cinematic Evolution

Exploration of Female Protagonists

Gender Dynamics and Societal Reflections

13 Confused, Rebellious, and Depressed: Liberated Women in Egyptian Cinema

Method

Defining "Liberation"

Women in Egyptian Cinema

The End of the Journey of Freedom

Motives of Liberation

Discussion and Conclusion

14 Marco: A Levantine Queer Encounter in London

Guapa: Political Oppression, Resistance, and Class Struggle Through a Queer Lens

From the Literary to the Cinematic: Language and Audience in Haddad's Oeuvre

Marco: A Multimedia Message for Multilingual Audiences

Short-lived Romance: Two Immigrants, Two Stories

"Incomplete Citizenship"

"Making By the Powerless"

Queer Art as Activism

15 Against "Double Erasure": Women's Filmmaking in the Aftermath of the Uprisings in Yemen, Libya, and Saudi Arabia

Naziha Arebi Documenting the Aftermath of the Uprising in Libya

Sara Ishaq Documenting the Aftermath of the Uprising in Yemen

Safa Al Ahmad Documenting the Aftermath of the Uprising in Saudi Arabia

Women's Filmmaking Against "Double Erasure"

Making a Film Ethically: Challenges to Women's Filmmaking in Yemen, Libya, and Saudi Arabia

Acknowledgments

16 The Gulf Female Gaze: Women Filmmakers and the Creative Representation of Sociopolitical Issues in the GCC States

A Brief History of Filmmaking in the Arabian Peninsula

GCC Women's Liberal Arts Education and Social Impact

Gulf Women's Films and Success at International Film Festivals

Women Filmmakers and the Creative Representation of Sociopolitical Issues: The Case of Saudi Arabia

Part 3 Religion

17 "Fly, Horses of God, and the Gates of Paradise Will Open for You": Radicalization and Terrorism in Moroccan Cinema

Terrorism and Arab Cinema

Urban Marginalization

Sociopolitical Pathologies of Extremism

18 Religion, Authority, and Morality Codes in Arab Cinema

Literature Review

Representing Religion

Representing Religious Minorities

Narrating Religious History

Formal Engagement With Islamic Principles

Sallama

The Message

I Love Cinema

Bab' .Aziz

A Thousand Months

Geographical Shifts and Modesty Codes

19 From Terrorist to Pious Believer: Depictions of Islam in Arab Cinema

State and Religion

The Early History of Islam

Everyday Realism Mixed With Religion

Call to Prayer

Holy Places and the Shrine

Quran Scholars

Political and Militant Islam

Portraying False and True Believers

20 Can Cinema Slow the Flow of Blood?

'Ashura in the Context of Shi'i Political Theology

Spirituality and Abstraction

Between Spirituality and Action: Ritual

Extracting the Individual From the Ritual

Critique of Embodiment and Affect

Part 4 Politics of Identity

21 Political Ideology and the Shaping of Modern Arab Cinema

Cinema in the Age of Decolonization

Nationalist Cinema of the Golden Age

Post-Nasser Decline

Moroccan and Tunisian Cinema.

Palestinian Cinema of Occupation

Gulf Cinema in the Age of Neoliberal Authoritarianism

22 The Problem of Palestine's Place in a Globalized Palestinian Cinema

The Israeli Discursive Apparatus

Space and Place: Nomads and Unruly Subjects

The 1993 Oslo Accords: A Very Brief Politico-Spatial History

An Overview of the Palestinian Cinema

The Post-Oslo Palestinian Cinema: A Nomadic Body of Work

A Fragmented Place and a Stateless Cinema

Palestinian Subjectivity: Oscillating Between Nomad and Flâneur

23 From the Square to the Screen: New Subjectivity in Post-Arab Spring Egyptian Cinema

Methods

Truth Is Complicated: US Vs. Arab/Muslim Trauma On Screen

Continuity, Change, and Revolution

Post-Arab Spring's Arab-West Encounter

Politics, Arts, and Culture in Egypt 2011 and Beyond

Febrayer Al-Aswad (Black February)

Before the Spring

Nawara

18 Days

24 Filmmaking Shadows: The Pitfall of Morocco as Hollywood of Africa

Morocco as Hollywood of Africa

Hollywood of Africa: A Token of Symbolic Violence

25 Moroccan Amazigh Cinema

Historical and Production Context

Founding Figures, Cultural Heritage, Activism, and Cinema

Major Themes

Diaspora Initiatives

Festivals and Filmic Afterlives

26 Moving the Image: Film in the Arabian Gulf

Film and Petro-Modernity

Shifts in Culture: Cinematic Spaces

Film in Emerging Visual Cultures

Triumph of the Will to Visibility

Part 5 Migration and Diaspora

27 Harragas: Algerian Films About Clandestine Migration

The Border Is a Barrier to Overcome.

The Algerian Migration Landscape.

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Other Format:

Print version: Mellor, Noha Routledge Handbook on Arab Cinema

ISBN:

9781003302025

9781040024072

OCLC:

1438667925