What is it about?
This article describes how international filmfestivals provide platforms for arab documentaries and activism for social justice to connect with fellow filmmakers and audiences worldwide
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Why is it important?
The success of Arab documentary films have been impactful over the past few year, it is important to map the role of these films and how upcoming young Arab filmmakers are taking centre stage, how do these films connect with audiences and how can we see these connections in a different light ?
Perspectives
A lot of misconceptions exist about the Middle East and North African region and its people, the fact that Arab documentaries are getting more and more popular indicates that the voices from this region are getting louder. Mapping out the media landscape of Arab documentaries amplifies these developments and documents the important changes and shifts that are happening in the world of documentary cinema.
Josepha Wessels
Malmo Hogskola
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This page is a summary of: Cosmopolitanism, Activism and Arab Documentary Film, Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, October 2020, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/18739865-01302003.
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