Reel bad Arabs : how Hollywood vilifies a people / a Media Education Foundation production ; directed by Sut Jhally ; produced by Jeremy Earp.

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Throughout its history Hollywood has portrayed Arabs as buffoons or bandits. The video seeks to rectify this stereotyping by comparing it to other forms of racist imagery and by suggesting alternative narratives that treat the Arabs as human, not demons.

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Corporate Author: Media Education Foundation
Other Authors: Jhally, Sut, Earp, Jeremy, Shaheen, Jack G., 1935-2017
Language:English
Arabic
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with optional English or Arabic subtitles.
Published: Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, [2006], ©2006.
Subjects:
Arabs in motion pictures.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Contents:
  • Introduction (3:20)
  • Myths of Arabland (10:30)
  • Arab threat: Mideast politics & Hollywood (4:36)
  • Terror, Inc.: demonizing Palestinians & Muslims (7:40)
  • Only good Arab (5:09)
  • Islamophobia (6:19)
  • Getting real (11:58)