Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People 2006
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This documentary dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged form the earliest days of silent film to today's biggest Hollywood blockbusters. The film explores a long line of degrading images of Arabs--from Bedouin bandits and submissive maidens to sinister sheikhs and gun-wielding "terrorists"--along the way offering devastating insights into the origin of these stereotypic images, their development at key points in US history, and why they matter so much today.
- Released: 2006-11-01
- Runtime: 50 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Jack Shaheen
- Director: Jeremy Earp, Sut Jhally, Jeremy Earp, Jack Shaheen, Jeremy Earp
