The cinema of North Africa and the Middle East
By: edited by Gönül Dönmez-Colin.
Contributors: Dönmez-Colin, Gönül.
Series: 24 frames
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781905674114; 9781905674107
Subjects: Motion pictures -- Africa; Motion pictures -- Middle East; Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Africa; Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Middle East
Description: "Twenty-four essays on individual selected films, many by scholars and writers based in the region. It explores established film cultures such as those of Turkey and Iran, and also nascent cinemas such as those of Israel, Palestine and Syria. ... Selected films include Cairo Station (Egypt, 1958), Umat (Turkey, 1970), The Runner (Iran, 1989) ... Once upon a time, Beriut (Lebanon, 1994), Chronicle of a disappearance (Palestine, 1996), Circle of dreams (Israel, 2000), Ten (Iran, 2002) and Uzak (Turkey, 2003)."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-286) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ghazal al-banat = Candy floss / Kay Dickinson; title: Bab el-hadid = Cairo station / Lina Khatib; title: Al-momia = The mummy / Iman Hamam; title: Umut = Hope / Gönül Dönmez-Colin; title: Gelın = The bride / Ayla Kanbur; title: Tabiat-e bijan = Still life / Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa; title: Traversées = Crossing over / Roy Armes; title: Davandeh = The runner / Hamid Dabashi; title: Lo sam zayin = I don't give a damn / Yehuda Judd Ne'eman; title: Nujum al-nahar = Stars in broad daylight / Rasha Salti; title: Docharkheh savar = The cyclist / Gönül Dönmez-Colin; title: Bab al-sama maftouh = A door to the sky / Florence Martin; title: Youcef ou la légende du septième dormant = Youssef or the legend of the seventh sleeper / Roy Armes; title: Samt al-qusur = Silences of the palace / Viola Shafik; title: Kan ya ma kan Beirut = Once upon a time, Beirut / Lina Khatib; title: Segell ikhtifa = Chronicles of a disappearance / Haim Bresheeth; title: Eşkiya = The bandit / Nezih Erdoğan; title: Beyrouth al gharbiyya = West Beirut / Mona Deeley; title: Kikar hahalomot = Circle of dreams / Shoshana Madmoni-Gerber; title: Kippur / Nitzan Ben-Shaul; title: Muwatin, mukhbir wa harami = Citizen, detective and thief / Viola Shafik; title: Ten / Gönül Dönmez-Colin; title: Uzak = Distant / S. Ruken Öztürk; title: Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs; title: the Iraqi connection / Ruth Tsoffar.