A Great Film uplifts while sending a profound message. And a Great Film also superbly entertains, with an interesting story and appealing actors.This is a list of some of my favorite Top Ten Classic Films with a Social Message. My choices include classics released from 1940 to 2006.You may have seen many of these classics, […]
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Bollywood, the name given to India’s Mumbai-based movie industry, is the world’s largest filmmaking entity the largest the planet has ever seen. The Indian cinematic tradition commenced exactly 100 years ago with the release of the black-and-white silent film “Raja Harischandra” on May 3, 1913. Of course, the title “Bollywood” did not exist then. The
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Philadelphia – With the 2012 Doha Tribeca Film Festival underway, this annual event of the Doha Film Institute, one of the Middle Easts largest film festivals, is showcasing some of the best work in new Arab and world cinema from the past twelve months. Rafea: Solar Mamas by Jehane Noujaim and Mona Eldaief and Embers by Tamara Stepanyan, are
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The Arab visual media industry is currently worth $2 billion, with the television sector commanding the lions share (95 per cent) while cinema is below five per cent and digital stands at less than one per cent, said an expert. The cinema and TV industry was still in infancy stage in the Gulf region but
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