(Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

50 minutes

Year:

2006

Directors:

Jeremy Earp

Actors:

Self

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