| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white) |
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Library of modern Middle East studies |
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Library of modern Middle East studies.
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| Contents |
AcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroductionDissident Art and Arab CinemaPART I: Documentary Filmmaking in Syria1. Masters of Syrian Documentary2. Inspired by the masters, a new generation. 3. Documentaries for social change, the case of Bassel ShehadehPART II: Eyewitnesses of a Revolution4. Syrian Emergency Cinema and YouTube5. The view from below, video activism from the North6. Politics of the image; relations with international media. 7. To tell the world! Evidencing warcrimes and VR. EpilogueFilmographiesA Call from Syrian FilmmakersNotes and ReferencesBibliography |
| Summary |
Syria is now one of the most important countries in the world for the documentary film industry. Since the 1970s, Syrian cinema masters played a defining role in avant-garde filmmaking and political dissent against authoritarianism. After the outbreak of violence in 2011, an estimated 500,000 video clips were uploaded making it one of the first YouTubed revolutions in history. This book is the first history of documentary filmmaking in Syria. Based on extensive media ethnography and in-depth interviews with Syrian filmmakers in exile, the book offers an archival analysis of the documentary work by masters of Syrian cinema, such as Nabil Maleh, Ossama Mohammed, Mohammed Malas, Hala Al Abdallah, Hanna Ward, Ali Atassi and Omar Amiralay. Joshka Wessels traces how the works of these filmmakers became iconic for a new generation of filmmakers at the beginning of the 21st century and maps the radical change in the documentary landscape after the revolution of 2011. Special attention is paid to the late Syrian filmmaker and pro-democracy activist, Bassel Shehadeh, and the video-resistance from Aleppo and Raqqa against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and the Islamic State. An essential resource for scholars of Syrian Studies, this book will also be highly relevant to the fields of media & conflict research, anthropology and political science |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO; viewed July 1, 2019) |
| Subject |
Documentary films -- Syria -- History and criticism
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Documentary films
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Syria
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781788316163 |
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1788316169 |
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9781788316156 |
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1788316150 |
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