A survey of the history of cinema in Lebanon from its faltering beginnings in the mid-1950s, through a period of great vitality, to its recent sporadic state. Particular attention is paid to the way in which genre films have dramatized a range of sectarian viewpoints.

Keywords:
Lebanese film, Lebanese sects, Middle Eastern cinema, Maronite, Shiite
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2008
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