Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (2006)
Run Time: 0h50m | Release: 01 Nov 2006
Genres: Documentary |
Production Countries: United States of America
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Overview:
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.
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