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Author Orlando, Valérie, 1963-

Title Screening Morocco : contemporary film in a changing society / Valérie K. Orlando.

Publication Info. Athens : Ohio University Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 190 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Ohio University research in international studies, Africa series ; no. 89
Research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 89.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-184 and index.
Includes filmography (pages 175-178).
Contents Introduction: Moroccan national cinema: the making of an industry -- Theories and polemics: Moroccan films as social-realist texts -- Issues, contexts, and "culture wars": Marocains residants é l'etranger (MREs) versus filmmakers at home -- Bad boys, drugs, and rock 'n' roll: the urban stories of Morocco -- Prison, torture, and testimony: retelling the memories of the lead years -- Women's voices: documenting Morocco through feminine lenses -- Conclusion: the future of Moroccan cinema?
Summary 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 remak.
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Subject Motion pictures -- Morocco -- History -- 20th century.
Motion pictures.
Morocco.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- Morocco.
Motion pictures -- Social aspects.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Orlando, Valérie, 1963- Screening Morocco. Athens : Ohio University Press, 2011 9780896802810 (DLC) 2010051519 (OCoLC)682895102
ISBN 9780896804784 (electronic book)
089680478X (electronic book)
9780896802810
0896802817