Reel bad Arabs : how Hollywood vilifies a people / a Media Education Foundation production ; directed by Sut Jhally ; produced by Jeremy Earp.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Jhally, Sut, director.

Earp, Jeremy, producer.

Shaheen, Simon, composer.

Shaheen, Jack G., 1935-2017.

Media Education Foundation, producer.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Shaheen, Jack G., 1935-2017--Film adaptations.

Shaheen, Jack G.

Shaheen, Jack G., 1935-2017.

Arabs in motion pictures.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Film adaptations.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, [2006]

Language Note:

In English with optional English or Arabic subtitles.

System Details:

DVD.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

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.

Contents:

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).

Participant:

Presenter: Jack Shaheen.

Credits:

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

Notes:

Based on the book of the same title by Jack Shaheen.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Related Work:

Shaheen, Jack G., 1935-2017. Reel bad Arabs.

Contains:

Arab threat: Mideast politics & Hollywood.

Only good Arab.

ISBN:

193286900X

9781932869002

OCLC:

75201830