Production: The Media Education Fundation Based on book by Jack Shaheen
This documentary completely new to scrutinize one of the most scurrilous of the history of film and that nobody had ever dared to challenge, since the time from silent to big Hollywood productions of today. Presented by Jack Shaheen, Ph.D., renowned author, the film is the long line of degrading images that were used to represent the Arab cinema.
Bandits Bedouin girls submitted, through the sinister sheikhs and armed terrorists, this documentary sheds light on devastating the origin of these stereotypical portrayals and their appearance at key moments in the history of United States, at the same time showing the consequences of this representation today. Jack Shaheen shows how, over the years, the persistence of these images has meant to trivialize the prejudices maintained against Arabs and Arab culture, which had the effect of reinforcing a narrow view of individual Arab origin and increase the impact of domestic and international policies of the United States on their lives. By encouraging the viewer to reflect on the social, political and simply human caricatures of Hollywood, this film wants to recognize the urgency of providing an opposing view that would do justice to the diversity and humanness the Arab people, while highlighting the real face and the rich history and Arab culture.
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