Mutations of Arab political filmmaking

Mathilde Rouxel (1)

1 LIRA - LIRA - Laboratoire International de Recherches en Arts - EA 7343

This article aims to draw a comparison between the Lebanese cinema of the 1970s and the Syrian cinema after 2011 in order to identify some issues raised by the contemporary form of political cinema. In both cases, the films take a stand against war, repression, and intimidation. Their political impact, however, has mutated.

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Art et histoire de l'art

Mathilde Rouxel. Mutations of Arab political filmmaking. OpenDemocracy, 2019. ⟨hal-02611843⟩