Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People

Name: Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2006
Duration: 50 min
Rating: 6.115

2006 · 50 min

Documentary

★ 6.1

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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.

Crew

Director Sut Jhally
Director Jeremy Earp
Writer Jack Shaheen
Writer Jeremy Earp

Cast

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Jack Shaheen
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Crew

Director — Sut Jhally
Director — Jeremy Earp
Writer — Jack Shaheen
Writer — Jeremy Earp

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