Reel Visions: The Middle East Through Its Filmmaker's Lens

Harvard FAS

How do Middle Eastern films shape how we see the Middle East? In this First-Year Seminar, you will engage with films from the Middle East that tell intimate and personal stories in specific social and political situations. You will watch movies from the region, most of them produced in the last quarter century, and following a geographical arc from North Africa to the Eastern part of the Middle East. You will also read a short text to help you contextualize each movie, including the…