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“TWO THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS” AN ACCENTED CINEMA IN THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY

This paper examines the creative process behind the “2001 Nights”narrative film project. The filmmaker (Author) chose the ancient book TheThousand and One Nights, as a foundation and structure to tell a number ofcontemporary stories. Through these stories the author is hoping to explorea number of themes.The film mixes elements of magical realism with dramatic fiction toexplore the concepts of alienation, displacement and diaspora, trying tounderstand the concept of the “other”. Under the politicized, stressfulclimate of current world events, the film also examines identity. This piece ispersonal, in that the author is trying to take his own search for identity to amore global level.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:siu.edu/oai:opensiuc.lib.siu.edu:theses-1415
Date01 December 2010
CreatorsOsman, Youssef
PublisherOpenSIUC
Source SetsSouthern Illinois University Carbondale
Detected LanguageEnglish
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