Beyond Casablanca

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ISBN:9789774248658

 

In Beyond Casablanca, Kevin Dwyer explores the problems of creativity in the Arab and African world, focusing on Moroccan cinema and one of its key figures, filmmaker M.A. Tazi. Dwyer develops three themes simultaneously: the filmmaker’s career and films; filmmaking in post-colonial Morocco; and the relationship between Moroccan cinema, Third World and Arab cinema, and the global film industry.

This compelling discussion of Moroccan cinema is founded upon decades of anthropological research in Morocco, most recently on the Moroccan film sector and the global film industry, and exhibits a sensitivity to the cultural, political, social, and economic context ofcreative activity. The book centers on a series of interviews conducted with M.A. Tazi, whose career provides a rich commentary on the world of Moroccan cinema and on Moroccan cinema in the world. The interviews are framed, variously, by presentations of Moroccan history, society, and culture; the role of foreign filmmakers in Morocco; thematic discussions of cinematic issues (such as narrative techniques, the use of symbols, film as an expression of identity, and problems of censorship); and the global context of Third World filmmaking.

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Number of Pages

433

Publication date

2004

Publisher

Amercain University

Author

Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi, kevin dwyer

ISBN

9789774248658

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