Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People

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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.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2006-11-01
  • Runtime: 50 min
  • Country: United States of America
  • Language: English
  • Status: Released
  • IMDb Rating: 5.8
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