Description

• Title:
  New Saudi Cinema. The Work of Meshal Al Jaser
• Creator:
  Linek, Ewa
• Description:
  The author analyzes two films by the young Saudi director Meshal Al Jaser: Is Sumiyati Going to Hell? (2016) and Can I Go Out? (2017), in which she focuses on the situation of two social groups – women and migrant workers. The analysis is preceded by a short introduction to the social and cultural situation in Saudi Arabia, together with a description of the conditions that have only recently enabled the emergence of filmmaking in this country and shaped its specificity. The author focuses on the content of the films analyzed, interpreting them in the context of Saudi reality, as well as on the director’s characteristic style, which often employs the convention of grotesque. This text tries to show how the artistic choices made by Al Jaser allow him to portray the chosen social phenomena in their depth and complexity.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2024 Ewa Linek;
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.pl
• Date:
  2024.12.11
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  Polish
• Source:
  Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication; Vol. 36 No. 45 (2024): (In)correct Narratives of the Middle East Cinema; 97-111;
  Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication; Tom 36 Nr 45 (2024): (In)correct Narratives of the Middle East Cinema; 97-111;
  2720-040X;
  1731-450X
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/i/article/view/44966/37000
• Subject:
  Saudi cinematography;
  social change in Saudi Arabia;
  Meshal Al Jaser;
  Can I Go Out?;
  Is Sumiyati Going to Hell?;
  grotesque
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/i/article/view/44966
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text