Ten Arab Filmmakers: Political Dissent and Social Critique

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Review "Ten Arab Filmmakers represents a timely and important resource for educators, scholars, and students." * Studies in Eastern European Cinema * "Illustrated with arresting stills and superbly edited, this volume is sharp, incisive, and thought provoking.... Essential." * Choice * "Gugler has done an admirable job taking the reader on a complex but passionate journey through the work of ten Arab fi lmmakers." * Black Camera * "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." * Journal of North African Studies * About the Author Josef Gugler is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of African Film: Re-Imagining a Continent (IUP, 2003) and editor of Film in the Middle East and North Africa: Creative Dissidence.