New Voices in Arab Cinema

by Roy Armes

Overview

New Voices in Arab Cinema focuses on contemporary filmmaking since the 1980s, but also considers the longer history of Arab cinema. Taking into consideration film from the Middle East and North Africa and giving a special nod to films produced since the Arab Spring and the Syrian crisis, Roy Armes explores themes such as modes of production, national cinemas, the role of the state and private industry on film, international developments in film, key filmmakers, and the validity of current notions like globalization, migration and immigration, and exile. This landmark book offers both a coherent, historical overview and an in-depth critical analysis of Arab filmmaking.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780253015167
Publisher:	Indiana University Press (Ips)
Publication date:	01/29/2015
Pages:	346
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Roy Armes is Professor Emeritus of Film at Middlesex University. He has published widely on world cinema and is author of Dictionary of African Filmmakers (IUP, 2008).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Characteristics of the New Cinema

2. The Filmmakers
The New Importance of Women Filmmakers
Questions of Identity
Training
Funding
A Cosmopolitan Generation

3. Documentary
Palestine
Lebanon
Egypt and The Maghreb
Iraq
Syria

4. Feature Filmmaking
Algeria
Morocco
Tunisia
Egypt
Lebanon
Palestine
Iraq
Syria
The Gulf

Notes
Bibliography
Index

What People are Saying About This

Kevin Dwyern Universityin Cairo

This overview of Arab filmmakers comes from an author with a proven record of valuable and accessible publications.

American Universityin Cairo - Kevin Dwyer

This overview of Arab filmmakers comes from an author with a proven record of valuable and accessible publications.

Indiana UniversityBloomington - Michael T. Martin

Roy Armes' scholarly productivity and original contributions to film studies continue without pause. Serves as a corrective and counter-reading of received views and stereotypic assumptions about the Arab world.

Editorial Reviews

Armes's vast research results in a book that addresses dozens oflmmakers andlms in the variouslm-producing Arab countries. The author's extensive work over the years on Third World cinema is manifested here in a deep understanding of Arab cinema and,particularly, the forces that have led to thelmic new voices of the 2000s.50.1 2016

Review of Middle East Studies

[P]rovides a panoramic overview of the cinematic works of the contemporary generation of Arab filmmakers who have used cinema as a way of exploring their cultural memory, national identity, and political history. Armes concentrates in particular on those Arab filmmakers who were born in the 1960s and who made their breakthrough in the 2000s.69.2

Film Quarterly

"This overview of Arab filmmakers comes from an author with a proven record of valuable and accessible publications." —Kevin Dwyer, American University in Cairo

Kevin Dwyer

"Roy Armes' scholarly productivity and original contributions to film studies continue without pause. Serves as a corrective and counter-reading of reveived views and stereotypic assumptions about the Arab world." —Michael T. Martin, Indiana University, Bloomington

Michael T. Martin

"This overview of Arab filmmakers comes from an author with a proven record of valuable and accessible publications."—Kevin Dwyer, American University in Cairo

"Roy Armes' scholarly productivity and original contributions to film studies continue without pause. Serves as a corrective and counter-reading of received views and stereotypic assumptions about the Arab world."—Michael T. Martin, Indiana University Bloomington

"[P]rovides a panoramic overview of the cinematic works of the contemporary generation of Arab filmmakers who have used cinema as a way of exploring their cultural memory, national identity, and political history. Armes concentrates in particular on those Arab filmmakers who were born in the 1960s and who made their breakthrough in the 2000s.69.2"—Film Quarterly

"Imbued with a spirit of constant discovery, superbly organized and even-handedly written, New Voices in Arab Cinema instantly becomes the go-to book on the subject and is an absolutely essential volume for any serious collection."—Choice

"I would like to conclude this review by giving this work a 'thumbs up' for its thoroughness and excellent research. The author manages to reveal many fascinating behind-the-scene stories about the filmmakers and films he writes about.Sept 15, 2016"—MELA NOTES MID EAST LIB ASSN

"In short, for anyone interested in knowing about movements and trends in twenty-first-century Arab cinema, this survey is indispensable.52.2 2017"—Journal of Contemporary History

"Armes's vast research results in a book that addresses dozens oflmmakers andlms in the variouslm-producing Arab countries. The author's extensive work over the years on Third World cinema is manifested here in a deep understanding of Arab cinema and,particularly, the forces that have led to thelmic new voices of the 2000s.50.1 2016"—Review of Middle East Studies

"While the book's general overview perhaps makes it more appropriate for the generalist or beginning student of Arab cinemas than the established researcher (and the author's clear, readable style makes it very accessible), Armes has, as always, marshalled so much careful information here that even seasoned scholars will find that there are filmmakers or films here that they learn about for the first time."—Journal of North African Studies

From the Publisher

I would like to conclude this review by giving this work a 'thumbs up' for its thoroughness and excellent research. The author manages to reveal many fascinating behind-the-scene stories about the filmmakers and films he writes about.Sept 15, 2016

MELA NOTES MID EAST LIB ASSN

Imbued with a spirit of constant discovery, superbly organized and even-handedly written, New Voices in Arab Cinema instantly becomes the go-to book on the subject and is an absolutely essential volume for any serious collection.

Choice

While the book's general overview perhaps makes it more appropriate for the generalist or beginning student of Arab cinemas than the established researcher (and the author's clear, readable style makes it very accessible), Armes has, as always, marshalled so much careful information here that even seasoned scholars will find that there are filmmakers or films here that they learn about for the first time.

Journal of North African Studies

In short, for anyone interested in knowing about movements and trends in twenty-first-century Arab cinema, this survey is indispensable.52.2 2017

Journal of Contemporary History