Ten Arab Filmmakers - by Josef Gugler (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The featured directors are Daoud Abd El-Sayed, Merzak Allouache, Nabil Ayouch, Youssef Chahine, Mohamed Chouikh, Michel Khleifi, Nabil Maleh, Yousry Nasrallah, Jocelyne Saab, and Elia Suleiman.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>Ten Arab Filmmakers</i> provides an up-to-date overview of the best of Arab cinema, offering studies of leading directors and in-depth analyses of their most important films. The filmmakers profiled here represent principal national cinemas of the Arab world--Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, and Syria. Although they have produced many of the region's most-renowned films and gained recognition at major international festivals, with few exceptions these filmmakers have received little critical attention. All ten share a concern with giving image and voice to people struggling against authoritarian regimes, patriarchal traditions, or religious fundamentalism--theirs is a <i>cinéma engagé</i>.</p><p>The featured directors are Daoud Abd El-Sayed, Merzak Allouache, Nabil Ayouch, Youssef Chahine, Mohamed Chouikh, Michel Khleifi, Nabil Maleh, Yousry Nasrallah, Jocelyne Saab, and Elia Suleiman.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Gugler has done an admirable job taking the reader on a complex but passionate journey through the work of ten Arab fi lmmakers.</p>-- "Black Camera"<br><br><p>Illustrated with arresting stills and superbly edited, this volume is sharp, incisive, and thought provoking. . . . Essential.</p>-- "Choice"<br><br><p>Ten Arab Filmmakers contributes in a positive, meaningful way to the general advancement of MENA studies in American institutions of higher education, encouraging students and the general public to learn about the Arab world from diverse perspectives.</p>-- "Journal of North African Studies"<br><br><p>Ten Arab Filmmakers represents a timely and important resource for educators, scholars, and students.</p>-- "Studies in Eastern European Cinema"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Josef Gugler is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of <i>African Film: Re-Imagining a Continent</i> (IUP, 2003) and editor of <i>Film in the Middle East and North Africa: Creative Dissidence. </i></p>
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