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An Accented Cinema : Exilic and Diasporic Filmmaking

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This books offers an interesting look into the world of Accented Cinema. It skillfully defines the genre and gives wonderful examples of its characteristics via a wide variety of exilic and diasporic films from all over the world. Some knowledge of the film industry is virtually a necessity to comprehend this in-depth masterpiece; moreover, readers will gain the most from this book if they have viewed a substantial amount of what would be considered "art-house" and foreign films. This is very thick reading designed for academic and theoretical purposes, not for a relaxing pleasure read, but having said that, the material is quite interesting and it is difficult to find other books on non-mainstream cinema that explore such a wide variety of films.

This book is very interesting and provides insight into accented films. It is, however, academic based and not light reading. It is vital that one watches the movies he discusses to fully understand what Naficy is describing throughout the book.