Beschreibung:
Hamid Naficy is Professor of Radio-Television-Film and the Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor in Communication at Northwestern University. He is the author of An Accented Cinema: Exilic and Diasporic Filmmaking, The Making of Exile Cultures: Iranian Television in Los Angeles, and (in Persian) Film-e Mostanad, a two-volume history of nonfiction cinema around the world. Naficy helped to launch ongoing annual Iranian film festivals in Los Angeles and Houston.
Illustrations xiAcknowledgments xvOrganization of the Volumes xxiA Word about Illustrations xxviiAbbreviations xxix1. The Resurgence of Nonfiction Cinema: Postrevolutionary Documentaries and Fiction War Films 12. Under Cover, on Screen: Women's Representation and Women's Cinema 923. All Certainties Melt into Thin Air: Art-House Cinema, a "Postal" Cinema 1754. Emergent Contestatory Films, Media Culture, and Public Diplomacy 2695. Iranian, but with a Different Accent: A Cinema of Displacement or a Displaced Cinema? 369Appendix A: Iranian Films in Distribution 513Appendix B: Film House of Iran's Film Collection 515Appendix C: International Film and Video Center Iranian Film Collection 520Notes 523Bibliography 559Index 591