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Valentino's ghost : the politics behind images / written and directed by Michael Singh ; produced by Michael Singh, Catherine Jordan.
Annenberg Circulation Desk P96.S74 V35 2011
Available
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arabs in popular culture--United States.
- Arabs in popular culture.
- Muslims in popular culture--United States.
- Muslims in popular culture.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Educational films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Subtitle from container: Images of Arabs/Muslims in the American mainstream media
- Politics behind images
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Michael Singh Productions ; Oley, Pa. : [distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2011]
- Language Note:
- Optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- SDH captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD-R.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- "Valentino's Ghost takes viewers on a chronological journey through more than a century of images of Muslims, Arabs and Islam in the U.S. media, from the early 20th-century fantasies of romantic sheiks to today's damaging stereotypes as evil fanatics. Through interviews with Robert Fisk, Niall Ferguson, and John Mearsheimer amongst others, the film shows the way in which the changing image of Arabs and Muslims has mirrored America's political agenda in the Middle East. Valentino's Ghost aims to sharpen viewers' media literacy and increase their skills in questioning media representations, especially those of minority groups and people with whom our government is in conflict. The film ends with a report of a few Hollywood films that have provided complex images and avoided ethnic stereotyping"--Container.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Romancing Arabia: the Arab as hero
- How the East was won: the Arab as redskin
- Liberating the Arabs
- Liberating Jerusalem: the Arab as loser
- U.S. guarantees Israel's security
- Palestinians begin terror attacks
- Thy will be done: the Arab as Christ's enemy
- The rising storm: Islam becomes the danger
- Mossadegh, OPEC and oil
- The great silencer
- The Israel lobby
- Race: the Arab as dark
- The politics of Hollywood movies
- Three kings: an exception
- Invisible Arab: the Arab as innocent
- The new evil: the Arab as attacker
- Why do they hate us?
- House of horrors: Abu Ghraib
- Undermining freedom at home and abroad
- Making the Middle East unintelligible
- Changing times?
- Credits.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Michael Singh.
- Credits:
- Music, Lisa Coleman ; editors, Brad Fuller, Michael Singh, Catherine Jordan ; camera, Van Carlson, ... [et al.] ; narrator, Michael Singh.
- Notes:
- This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
- Bonus features: extended interviews and comic clips: Robert Fisk, Middle East war correspondent (7 min.) ; Niall Ferguson, Harvard University, History (4 min.) ; John Mearsheimer, University of Chicago, Political Science (5 min.) ; Melani McAlister, George Washington University, American Studies (4 min.) ; Alan Sharp, Hollywood screenwriter (3 min.) ; Aron Kader, comedian ; Maz Jobrani, comedian.
- ISBN:
- 1594588988
- 9781594588983
- OCLC:
- 767618490
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