Nowlenn Mingant is Professor in US History and Culture at the University of Angers in France. She is author and editor of several books, including coeditor (with Cecilia Tirtaine) of Reconceptualising Film Policies.

"This book greatly expands our understanding of international film distribution. Motion picture distribution is difficult to document because the business records of film companies are not generally open to researchers, and the subject has therefore attracted relatively little academic attention. Mingant's case study, however, demonstrates a firm command of the complexities of the subject by buttressing extensive research in secondary sources with primary sources from major archives, documentation from trade and government publications, and interviews with film professionals, government officials, and journalists. It will become the definitive history of the subject." — Tino Balio, author of Hollywood in the New Millennium

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Winning Hearts in the Colonial Era (1910s–1950s) 1. Entering the Market (1910s–1940s)2. Hollywood Films and Their Audience3. Hollywood Films as Political ObjectsPart II: Losing Ground in a Changing Market: Political Independence and VCRs (1950s–1990s) 4. Political Upheavals: The Slow Disintegration of the Majors' Distribution Structure (1950s–1970s)5. Losing Interest: The Move to Indirect Distribution (1970s–1990s)Part III: US Films Galore in the Digital Era (2000s–2010s) 6. The Porous Nature of Closed Markets7. North Africa: Cinema and Informal Economy8. Historical Markets: The Age of Maturity9. Film Boom in the GulfConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

Nowlenn Mingant is Professor in US History and Culture at the University of Angers in France. She is author and editor of several books, including coeditor (with Cecilia Tirtaine) of Reconceptualising Film Policies.

"This book greatly expands our understanding of international film distribution. Motion picture distribution is difficult to document because the business records of film companies are not generally open to researchers, and the subject has therefore attracted relatively little academic attention. Mingant's case study, however, demonstrates a firm command of the complexities of the subject by buttressing extensive research in secondary sources with primary sources from major archives, documentation from trade and government publications, and interviews with film professionals, government officials, and journalists. It will become the definitive history of the subject." — Tino Balio, author of Hollywood in the New Millennium

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Winning Hearts in the Colonial Era (1910s–1950s) 1. Entering the Market (1910s–1940s)2. Hollywood Films and Their Audience3. Hollywood Films as Political ObjectsPart II: Losing Ground in a Changing Market: Political Independence and VCRs (1950s–1990s) 4. Political Upheavals: The Slow Disintegration of the Majors' Distribution Structure (1950s–1970s)5. Losing Interest: The Move to Indirect Distribution (1970s–1990s)Part III: US Films Galore in the Digital Era (2000s–2010s) 6. The Porous Nature of Closed Markets7. North Africa: Cinema and Informal Economy8. Historical Markets: The Age of Maturity9. Film Boom in the GulfConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

Nowlenn Mingant is Professor in US History and Culture at the University of Angers in France. She is author and editor of several books, including coeditor (with Cecilia Tirtaine) of Reconceptualising Film Policies.

"This book greatly expands our understanding of international film distribution. Motion picture distribution is difficult to document because the business records of film companies are not generally open to researchers, and the subject has therefore attracted relatively little academic attention. Mingant's case study, however, demonstrates a firm command of the complexities of the subject by buttressing extensive research in secondary sources with primary sources from major archives, documentation from trade and government publications, and interviews with film professionals, government officials, and journalists. It will become the definitive history of the subject." — Tino Balio, author of Hollywood in the New Millennium

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Winning Hearts in the Colonial Era (1910s–1950s) 1. Entering the Market (1910s–1940s)2. Hollywood Films and Their Audience3. Hollywood Films as Political ObjectsPart II: Losing Ground in a Changing Market: Political Independence and VCRs (1950s–1990s) 4. Political Upheavals: The Slow Disintegration of the Majors' Distribution Structure (1950s–1970s)5. Losing Interest: The Move to Indirect Distribution (1970s–1990s)Part III: US Films Galore in the Digital Era (2000s–2010s) 6. The Porous Nature of Closed Markets7. North Africa: Cinema and Informal Economy8. Historical Markets: The Age of Maturity9. Film Boom in the GulfConclusionNotesReferencesIndex