Crisis Cinema in the Middle East: Creativity and Constraint in Iran and the Arab World

by Shohini Chaudhuri

Book Overview

In recent years, the Arab world and Iran have been afflicted by cataclysmic events, among them brutal state crackdowns of revolutions. Yet, filmmakers have persisted in their desire to tell their stories, against the odds, in creative acts that attest to their imagination, courage and resilience.

In this book, Shohini Chaudhuri examines a broad range of films made during the tumultuous period since 2009, ranging from internationally award-winning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350190551
• ISBN13: 9781350190559
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"