Reorienting the Middle East - Film and Digital Media Wher...
Yunis, Alia / Al Attar, Ammar / Hudson, Dale / Oruc, Firat / Fuccaro, Nelida Stories of cutting-edge production facilities, generous tax incentives, and lavish film festivals often dominate perceptions of film and digital media on the Arabian Peninsula, but there is a much longer and more complicated history that connects it with the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean. In Reorienting the Middle East, contributors consider oil companies that brought film to this area in the 1930s and '40s, the first Indian film...