Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African FilmOliver Leaman The Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film is a unique, one volume work which illuminates a fascinating variety of cinema which is little known outside its own area. The Encyclopedia is divided into nine chapters, each written by a leading scholar in the field. Each chapter covers the history and major issues of film within that area, as well as providing bibliographies of the leading films, directors and actors. The areas covered are: Central Asia, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, The Magreb, Palestine, Turkey. This Encyclopedia will be an invaluable reference tool for students and scholars of Film and Media Studies. It contains more than 60 black and white photographs of featured films, includes references and suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter, and the volume concludes with comprehensive name, film and general indexes. |
Contents
List of directors 15 | |
References and further reading 218 | |
Uzbekistan 17 | |
List of directors 21 | |
Further reading 21 | |
Israeli cinema | |
Filmography 452 | |
List of filmmakers 460 | |
Filmography 474 | |
List of filmmakers 482 | |
Cinema in Palestine | |
Iranian cinema | |
List of directors 528 | |
NEZIH ERDOAN AND DENIZ GÖKTÜRK 533 | |
Egyptian cinema | |
List of filmmakers 324 | |
List of directors 86 | |
Notes 362 | |
References and further reading 127 | |
Cinema in Libya | |
Notes 418 | |
List of directors 204 | |
List of actors 213 | |
List of filmmakers 502 | |
Syria 389 | |
Filmography 392 | |
Iraq 399 | |
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Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film Oliver Leaman No preview available - 2014 |
Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film Oliver Leaman No preview available - 2001 |
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