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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; film making 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 of creative activity.The book centers on a series of interviews conducted with 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 film making.

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Book category Books in English The arts Film, TV & radio Films, cinema

• Full title: Beyond Casablanca
• Subtitle: M. A. Tazi and the Adventure of Moroccan Cinema
• Author: Kevin Dwyer
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448
• EAN: 9780253217196
• ISBN: 0253217199
• ID: 04870758
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Weight: 753 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 27 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. November 2004

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