Post-Beur Cinema: North African Émigré and Maghrebi-French Filmmaking in France Since 2000

by Will Higbee

Book Overview

Since the early 1980s and the arrival of Beur cinema filmmakers of Maghrebi origin have made a key contribution French cinema's representation of issues such as immigration, integration and national identity. However, they have done so mostly from a position on the margins of the industry. In contrast, since the early 2000s, Maghrebi-French and North African ?migr? filmmakers have occupied an increasingly prominent position on both sides of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748697373
• ISBN13: 9780748697373
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.4"