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200650 minDocumentary

Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People

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Is Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People worth watching? With a rating of 5.8/10, this Documentary film is a mixed-bag for fans of the genre. Read on for our detailed analysis and user reviews.

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Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People Synopsis

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.

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Jack Shaheen
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Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People has received mixed reviews with a 5.8/10 rating. It might be worth watching if you're a fan of Documentary movies.

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Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People has received average ratings (5.8/10), performing moderately with audiences.

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Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People is a Documentary movie that This documentary dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged form the earliest days of silent film to today'...

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