Screening Morocco
Contemporary Film in a Changing Society
1st Edition
Published on 5. May 2011
277 pages
978-0-89680-478-4 (ISBN)
Description
Since 1999 and the death of King Hassan II, Morocco has experienced adramatic social transformation. Encouraged by the more openly democraticclimate fostered by young King Mohammed VI, filmmakers have begunto explore the sociocultural and political debates of their country whilealso seeking to document the untold stories of a dark past.Screening Morocco: Contemporary Film in a ChangingSociety focuses on Moroccan films produced and distributedfrom 1999 to the present.
Moroccan cinema serves as an all-inclusive medium that providesa sounding board for a society that is remaking itself.Male and female directors present the face of an engaged,multiethnic and multilingual society. Their cinematographypromotes a country that is dynamic and connected to theglobal sociocultural economy of the twenty-first century. Atthe same time, they seek to represent the closed, obscurepast of a nation's history that has rarely been told, drawingon themes such as human rights abuse, the former incarcerationof thousands during the Lead Years, women'semancipation, poverty, and claims for social justice.
Screening Morocco will introduce American readers to therichness in theme and scope of the cinematic production ofMorocco.
Moroccan cinema serves as an all-inclusive medium that providesa sounding board for a society that is remaking itself.Male and female directors present the face of an engaged,multiethnic and multilingual society. Their cinematographypromotes a country that is dynamic and connected to theglobal sociocultural economy of the twenty-first century. Atthe same time, they seek to represent the closed, obscurepast of a nation's history that has rarely been told, drawingon themes such as human rights abuse, the former incarcerationof thousands during the Lead Years, women'semancipation, poverty, and claims for social justice.
Screening Morocco will introduce American readers to therichness in theme and scope of the cinematic production ofMorocco.
Reviews / Votes
"This is a book to be cherished, applauded, and honored by the cinema community. Valerie Orlando immersed herself in the cinema of Morocco to write this book, and her commitment to the material, and to the filmmakers themselves, is apparent on every page."More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Athens
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-89680-478-4 (9780896804784)
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Book
05/2011
Ohio University Press
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Person
Valerie K. Orlando is professor of French and Francophone Literatures in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Maryland, CollegeP ark.
Content
- Intro
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Moroccan National Cinema
- 1: Theories and Polemics
- 2: Issues, Contexts, and "Culture Wars"
- 3: Bad Boys, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll
- 4: Prison, Torture, and Testimony
- 5: Women's Voices
- Conclusion: The Future of Moroccan Cinema?
- Notes
- Selected Filmography of Moroccan Feature-Length Films: 1999-2008
- Bibliography
- Index
