The Films of Rachid Bouchareb

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Edited by Michael Gott and Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp

Type

Film Reviews

Subject

Director > Rachid Bouchareb

Keywords

Rachid Bouchareb, director, Algeria, France

Publishing date

2022

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Collection

ReFocus: The International Directors Series

1st publishing

2020

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 264 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4744-6652-3

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Book Presentation:
ReFocus: The Films of Rachid Bouchareb is the first book-length study of the internationally recognized director’s films. Bouchareb was one of France’s first filmmakers of North African descent and his career as a director and producer now spans over 35 years. Remarkably varied in their themes, formal elements and narrative settings, Bouchareb’s work has engaged with and reflected on a variety of crucial social, political and historical issues; from the role of colonial troops in the French army during the Second World War, to terrorism in contemporary Europe. This volume examines Bouchareb’s films from an interdisciplinary perspective, exploring key influences on his output and considering new theoretical approaches to his filmmaking.

About the authors:
Michael Gott is Associate Professor of French and Film and Media Studies at the University of Cincinnati, where he teaches courses in European Studies, Film and Media Studies, and French-language culture and cinema. He is the author of French-language Road Cinema: Borders, Diasporas and ‘New Europe’ (EUP, 2016) and co-edited Cinéma-monde: Decentred Perspectives on Global Filmmaking in French (EUP, 2018), Open Roads, Closed Borders: the Contemporary French-Language Road Movie (Intellect, 2013) and East, West and Centre: Reframing European Cinema Since 1989 (EUP, 2014).Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp is Associate Professor of French and Film at the University of Rhode Island and the author of Muslim Women in French Cinema: Voices of Maghrebi Migrants in France (Liverpool University Press, 2015). Her research focuses on representations of minority-ethnic characters in French cinema and on television, as well as on the films and careers of actors and actresses of North and West African descent in France.

Press Reviews:
This remarkable volume offers a necessary study on a filmmaker whose name is firmly established in the French cinematic landscape, while bringing into light new perspectives to approach his work, as well as his lesser-studied films. The reader will also appreciate the engagement with aspects ― beyond his film corpus ― involved in filmmaking, namely the production, distribution, and reception of his work. While the collection focuses on Bouchareb, this volume will be useful as an analytical tool to study other filmmakers. -- Siham Bouamer, Sam Houston State University ― French Studies, 2021

With this politically astute, wide-ranging collection, Bouchareb finally gets his critical due. He is revealed brilliantly as a pivotal figure in French cinema reinvesting genres to challenge the official scripts of colonial history and immigration, as well as ethnic conflict and terrorism, and promote a more inclusive national identity. -- Professor James S. Williams, Royal Holloway, University of London

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