Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (2006)
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.
Directors: Jeremy Earp, Sut Jhally.
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Jack Shaheen as Self |
| Directing | Jeremy Earp | Director |
| Directing | Sut Jhally | Director |
| Writing | Jeremy Earp | Writer |
| Writing | Jack Shaheen | Writer |
| Production | Jeremy Earp | Producer |
| Sound | Simon Shaheen | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Sut Jhally | Editor |
| Editing | Andrew Killoy | Editor |
| Editing | Mary Patierno | Editor |
