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Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People

2006 · 0h 50m · Documentary · United States of America

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.

Directed by
Jeremy Earp, Sut Jhally
Written by
Jeremy Earp, Jack Shaheen
Starring
Jack Shaheen
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