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Reel bad Arabs [videorecording] : how Hollywood vilifies a people / a Media Education Foundation production ; ; produced by Jeremy Earp ; directed by Sut Jhally.
Language: English Summary language: Arabic, English Publication details: Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, c2006.Description: 1 DVD (50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 inISBN:- 193286900X :
- 9781932869002
- PN1995.9.A68 R44 2006
Contents:
Production credits: 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)
- Music composed & performed by Simon Shaheen; edited by Sut Jhally, Andrew Killoy, Mary Patierno.
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Based on the book of the same title by Jack Shaheen.
Music composed & performed by Simon Shaheen; edited by Sut Jhally, Andrew Killoy, Mary Patierno.
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)
Presenter: Jack Shaheen.
"Viewer discretion advised, contains violent imagery and graphic language."
Throughout its history Hollywood has portrayed Arabs as buffoons or bandits. The video seeks to rectify this sterotyping by comparing it to other forms of racist imagery and by suggesting alternative narratives that treat the Arabs as human, not demons.
DVD ; NTSC, region 1.
In English with optional English or Arabic subtitles.
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