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Reel bad Arabs : how Hollywood vilifies a people

a Media Education Foundation production ; directed by Sut Jhally ; produced by Jeremy Earp

Media Education Foundation, c2006

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In English; with optional English or Arabic subtitles

Featuring: Jack Shaheen

Credits: Music composed & performed by Simon Shaheen; edited by Sut Jhally, Andrew Killoy, Mary Patierno

Based on the book Reel bad Arabs / by Jack Shaheen

"Viewer discretion advised, contains violent imagery and graphic language"

Summary: 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

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