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Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People



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This groundbreaking 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. Featuring acclaimed author Dr. Jack Shaheen, the film explores a long line of degrading images of A
rabs--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. Shaheen shows how the persis
tence of these images over time has served to naturalize prejudicial attitudes toward Arabs and Arab culture, in the process reinforcing a narrow view of individual Arabs and the effects of specific US domestic and internationl policies on their lives. By inspiring critical thinking about the social
, political, and basic human consequences of leaving these Hollywood caricatures unexamined, the film challenges viewers to recognize the urgent need for counter-narratives that do justice to the diversity and humanity of Arab people and the reality and richness of Arab history and culture. Directo
r: Sut Jhally Biographical Summary: Dr. Jack Shaheen, Professor Emeritus of Mass Communication at Southern Illinois University, is a leading scholar of Arab representations in US popular culture. Shaheen is the author of the groundbreaking study The TV Arab and, most recently, Reel Bad Arabs: How H
ollywood Vilifies a People, the most comprehensive review of Arab screen images ever published. Analyzing over 900 Hollywood films made from 1896 to 2004, Dr. Shaheen exposes American cinema's systematic and pervasive degradation and dehumanization of Arabs. Articles: "Jack Shaheen continues to be
a piercing laser of fairness and sanity in pointing out Hollywood's ongoing egregious smearing of Arabs." Howard Rosenberg | Los Angeles Times TV Critic


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"People just like ... ( 1 month ago by laurierken)
"People just like me"? Please. I walk on the soil I was born on. I've (noe any member of my family) has immigrated to another country and asked (forcibly at times) that we adapt to your customs, ways and religions. I TOLERATE them, but do not have to understand them as asked to. Arabs, particularly in this viscinity do not assimilate. Generally combative, violent and anti-social. Sorry if you don't like the truth.
You are a victim of ... ( 1 month ago by sirjacko1)
You are a victim of the radical-liberal, anti-American media, that includes CNN,CBS, and al jazeera. You are a victim of the ACLU and NAACP. You have been so brainwashed that you give into the lies of the liberals who convince you that America is the great satan. You have a mental disorder and it is called "liberalism", which is very similar to the mental disorder called "islamofascism". You support people who feel it is their duty to blow up women and children.
Are you aware that ... ( 1 month ago by sirjacko1)
Are you aware that when islamofascist vermin go into a house in Iraq to murder the family, they start with the parents first? They do this to inflict as much pain and suffering on the chilren as possible before cutting their throats. They have also been strapping bombs to chilren, retarded people, and even pregnant women and convincing them that if they blow themselves up in a crowd of people, "allah" will reward them in the afterlife. Its the duty of all free countries to destory islamofascism.
Show me in the ... ( 1 month ago by SipahiWarrior)
Show me in the Quran where it says to kill innocent people. The Qur'an even says do not transgress. It seems you haven't learned anything about Islam, except by following the media.
I'd like to see a ... ( 1 month ago by EtolonelColonel)
I'd like to see a similar study of how Hollywood stereotypes Southerners.
I meant to say I'd ... ( 1 month ago by EtolonelColonel)
I meant to say I'd like to see a study of how Hollywood stereotypes white Southerners -- as all being racist morons. And in more absurd treatments, we all have sex with our immediate family, per Hollywood.
arabs would like to ... ( 1 month ago by nadalele)
arabs would like to go back to their countries, but usa has to go out of their couyntries,stop sendin it's army to the gulf,stop supporting israel.stop taking the oil.stop hiring trators as our leaders..
i agree with him. ... ( 1 month ago by manirsilikonapupi)
i agree with him. there are so much stereotipes, that holywood have made. and arabs are not the only victims.
NO ONE comes close ... ( 1 month ago by theTRUTHprincess)
NO ONE comes close to the Negative and FALSE Stereotype that Arab-Muslims have received!
and if you look closely at the 911 situation by watching documentaries like: 911 Mysteries and 911 Solutions you will understand that the "war on terror" was SOLD to the PUBLIC with the assistance of this type of hollywood propaganda!
and what about jews ... ( 4 weeks ago by manirsilikonapupi)
and what about jews in Germany during the world war 2? what about gypsies nowadays when they can`t get a job because everybody think they are thiefs?
can you name all ... ( 3 weeks ago by heymonkey11)
can you name all these film makers and studios so that we are careful where our entertainment dollars go? Also can legal actions be taken against such evil commercial interests?
When i think of ... ( 3 weeks ago by freaginA)
When i think of arabs i think of not allowing women to show their hair, not allowing them to drive or vote. I think of Banning alchohol or non Muslims from the Al-Masjid. I think of execution by beheading.Amputations for theft.Imprisonment for Blasphemy. Also i think of people who tell me not to think even though its real. Or the people that say the movie true lies is a gross mis characterization even thought the villains in that movie dont come close to bin laden, a real Arab terrorist.
yes and think of ... ( 3 weeks ago by hebbard76)
yes and think of the same things being shown on aljezzera the beheadungs and bombings is that true or stero typing
And, Jews are never ... ( 3 weeks ago by rezasantorini)
And, Jews are never stereotyped as being big nosed, rich, cheap, mean and such. Jews are not bad to work for and aren't stereotyped in Shakespeare? They all aren't bankers and such and they don't cheat you? Nah, they are never stereotyped?
i never said they ... ( 2 weeks ago by hebbard76)
i never said they wernt being stereotyped. what i am asking is whats considering sterotype. I know not all jews are rich and big nosed and i know not all muslims are terriost. I just think to many people dig to deep to discredit people and people need to shut there mouths sometimes and listen.
This was really eye ... ( 2 weeks ago by brianbgood)
This was really eye opening. I have been studying Arabic for the last 7 months and the Arabs that I have met have been articulate, good natured, considerate , highly educated and exceedingly gracious. People I would be glad to call a friend. It all starts with education and the careful reevaluation of accepted/ugly stereotypes.
Does anybody ... ( 1 week ago by georgekostaras)
Does anybody remember Laurence of Arabia. They gave Anthony Quinn this fake nose that was so massive.
i just dont know ... ( 6 days ago by fxfabio0)
i just dont know wat to say im an arabian american my mom is from us but my father is from saudi arabia which was really annoying that they think that we force women to cover their hair and we force them not to work and this stuff but we really dont ,, its a part of our relegion for the women to weaa hejab but if she doesnt want to weat it its ok ,,, we r just taking it very easy i mean its ok for the "sisters" to weat their dresses and muslim gurls are not allowed to wear their hejab !!!
where do you know ... ( 4 days ago by Abulfawaris)
where do you know Arabs?? the most ppl from the median Hollywood,tv the idiots box,and thats all is a zionists median,the zionist show you what they dont want you to see ,and they are the most haters of moslems and exact the Arabs.
all arabs are ... ( 4 days ago by TreyMadstone)
all arabs are terrorists. period.
Arabs get what they ... ( 2 days ago by Oerdin)
Arabs get what they have deserved. They are portrayed as villains because more often then not they are villains.
yea whatever ... ( 1 day ago by 114252)
yea whatever dickhead!
when i saw ur ... ( 6 hours ago by jbiloa)
when i saw ur comment i knew u must be redneck
actually i am black ( 1 hour ago by TreyMadstone)
actually i am black



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