Middle Eastern and North African cinema
Morocco gained its independence from France in 1956. Afterwards the Moroccan state took no control over the cinemas. The first feature films were produced in 1968 by the national film organisation Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM), which was founded by colonial authorities in 1944. The CCM is still the heart of Moroccan national cinema today. During the 60s Tunisia still struggled for independence so the movies produced in Tunisia where either French productions or films that demonstrated the struggle for independence.