Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People
50 mins
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.
Jack Shaheen
Self
Jeremy Earp
Producer
Andrew Killoy
Editor
Mary Patierno
Editor
Jeremy Earp
Director
Jeremy Earp
Writer
Jack Shaheen
Writer
Simon Shaheen
Original Music Composer