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two men in a black and white photo in the desert with one pointing out to the horizon and the other behind a 1950s motion film camera
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Archival photograph on the back cover of “Pipeline Cinema: The Cultural Infrastructure of Oil Extraction in Iran and Iraq” (UC Press, 2025) by Mona Damluji

How oil companies shaped early cinema in Iran and Iraq

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UCSB Juvenilia Concert Offers Prizes For Guests Who Can Match Maestros With Childhood Composition

BUILDING A BATH HOUSE, MAKING A DOCUMENTARY: HOW UCSB PROFESSOR FIKRET YEGUL HELPED MAKE NOVA FILM

UCSB PROFESSOR CO-WRITES CHICANA COMING-OF-AGE STORY

CONFERENCE DISCUSSES PAST, FUTURE OF IMAGINATION

HISTORIAN FISCHER TO SIGN COPIES OF BOOK ON THE HOLOCAUST

UCSB ADDS TO ASIAN AMERICAN ARCHIVES

UCSB STUDENTS HAVE A CHANCE AT REAL WORLD OF PLAY ACTING
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