Reel Bad Arabs [videorecording] : How Hollywood vilifies a people / a Media Education Foundation production ; directed by Sut Jhally ; produced by Jeremy Earp.
Publication details: Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, c2006.Description: 1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 inISBN:- 193286900X
- 9781932869002
- PN1995.9.A68 S545 2006 DVD
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Digital Resources | Oman Library General Collection | PN1995.9.A68 S545 2006 DVD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | AUTO-17626 |
Based on the book of the same title by Jack Shaheen.
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.
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.
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