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 todays biggest Hollywood blockbusters The film explores a long line of degrading images of Arabsfrom Bedouin bandits and submissive maidens to sinister sheikhs and gunwielding terroristsalong 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