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Roy Armes is Emeritus Professor of Film at Middlesex University. He has written extensively on African and Arab filmmaking and his latest books include dictionaries of both African and Middle Eastern filmmakers and, most recently, New Voices in Arab Cinema (IUP) and Arab Filmmakers of the Middle East (IUP).

A study of African filmmaking

This text presents a study linking filmmaking in the Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) with that in francophone West Africa, examining the factors (including Islam and the involvement of African and French governments) which have shaped post-independence production.

Roy Armes is Emeritus Professor of Film at Middlesex University. He has written extensively on African and Arab filmmaking and his latest books include dictionaries of both African and Middle Eastern filmmakers and, most recently, New Voices in Arab Cinema (IUP) and Arab Filmmakers of the Middle East (IUP).

Though video systems are now growing ever more accessible, and practical video work is undertaken at every level of education, this is the first book-length historical and theoretical study of the medium. "On Video" explores video on two levels: first, it examines the relationship between technology and society, and second, it probes the connection between production methods and the communication of meaning. This title available in eBook forma...

In this landmark dictionary, Roy Armes details the scope and diversity offilmmaking across the Arab Middle East. Listing more than 550 feature films by morethan 250 filmmakers, and short and documentary films by another 900 filmmakers, thisvolume covers the film production in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, andthe Gulf States. An introduction by Armes locates film and filmmaking traditions inthe region from early efforts in the silent...

Roy Armes is Professor Emeritus of Film at Middlesex University. He has published widely on world cinema and is author of Dictionary of African Filmmakers (IUP, 2008).

Roy Armes is Professor Emeritus of Film at Middlesex University. He has published widely on world cinema and is author of Dictionary of African Filmmakers (IUP, 2008).

A critique of filmmaking in the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa by noted film scholar Roy Ames

A comprehensive treatment of films and filmmaking on the African continent. This dictionary covers African feature filmmaking from the first locally produced films onwards thriving film industry, listing 5, 415 films made by 1, 253 filmmakers in 37 countries. It is suitable for those who wants to know more about the world of African film.

Postcolonial Images is a comprehensive introduction to and resource for cinema of the Maghreb. In clear and accessible prose. Roy Armes examines the political and cultural context of the films and the film industry in the post-independence era. Since the birth of cinema, North Africa has been the site of countless European and U.S. film productions. This book, however, focuses on the postcolonial period, when indigenous filmmaking in each of t...