Title: Screens and veils
Description: Examined within their economic, cultural & political context, the work of women Maghrebi filmmakers forms a cohesive body of work. Florence Martin examines the intersections of nation & gender in seven films, showing how directors turn around the politics of the gaze as they play with the various meanings of the Arabic term hijab.
Subjects: Motion pictures, In motion pictures, Women motion picture producers and directors, Women in motion pictures, History, Motion pictures, africa, Motion pictures, history, Africa, north, history, Motion pictures, social aspects, Social aspects
Places: North Africa
Time periods: 20th century, 21st century