Abstract

Posteconomic liberalization, increased openness to global capital, and new distribution mechanisms have opened up avenues for alternative storytelling and depictions of Moroccan life that challenge hegemonic narratives about culture and society through cinema. This coincided with Morocco’s emergence as one of a few small countries with the political will to restructure the film industry and the concomitant rise of a new generation of Moroccan filmmakers ensconced in transnational networks of policy, funding, and storytelling. This article uses industry and discourse analysis to study the shifting industrial logics of Moroccan cinema and the ways in which this “new” cinema is, in turn, sparking debates and resetting the boundaries for dissent in authoritarian contexts.

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