2006-11-01 • 0h 50m

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

Sut Jhally, Jeremy Earp

Writters

Jack Shaheen, Jeremy Earp

Editors

Jack Shaheen, Andrew Killoy