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Reel bad Arabs : how Hollywood vilifies a people /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Media Education Foundation
Other Authors: Jhally, Sut, Earp, Jeremy, Shaheen, Jack G., 1935-
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:In English with optional English or Arabic subtitles.
Published: Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, [2006]
Subjects:
Arabs in motion pictures.
Documentary films.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction (3:20)
  • Myths of Arabland (10:30)
  • The Arab threat: Mideast politics & Hollywood (4:36)
  • Terror, Inc.: demonizing Palestinians & Muslims (7:40)
  • The only good Arab (5:09)
  • Islamophobia (6:19)
  • Getting real (11:58).