[ProgressivePatriots] New Meetup: Activist SD Movie: Reel Bad Arabs - How Hollywood Vilifies An Entire People

Announcing a new Meetup for The San Diego County Community Coalition! What: Activist SD Movie: Reel Bad Arabs - How Hollywood Vilifies An Entire People When: July 25, 2009 7:00 PM Where: Joyce Beers Community Center 1220 Vermont Street San Diego, CA 92101 Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies An Entire People Saturday, July 25th, 7:00pm Joyce Beers Community Center (air conditioned) 1230 Cleveland Ave., Hillcrest in the city of San Diego ( next to Trader joe's, Raphs Shopping center, off University Ave) Film Description: This groundbreaking documentary dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged from the earliest days of silent film to today's biggest Hollywood blockbusters. Featuring acclaimed author Dr. Jack Shaheen, 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. This film is an insightful analysis of the media representations of Arabs peoples in Hollywood . It succinctly shows how racism and ethnocentrism pervades in Hollywood as the industry plays on prejudicial stereotypes in order to maximize profits in our white supremacist social order. With much of its scrutiny focusing on media post 9/11, this film is a timely look at how representations in media can foster prejudice and cultivate fear. This film is free and open to the public. For more information Contact: 1activistsandiego@gmail.com (714) 595-6912 www.ActivistSanDiego.org Donation requested ============================================================================ Highly recommend books I've been reading: The Holocaust is Over: We must Rise from the Ashes by Avraham Burg (Israeli) Mexico Unconquered: Chronicles of Power & Revolt by Jon Gibler - Agenda for a New Economy: >From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth by David C. Korten Rules of Disengagement: The Politics & Honor of Military Dissent by Marjorie Cohn An Unreasonable Woman: A true story of shrimpers, politicos, polluters & the fight for Seadrift, Texas Tanja Learn more here: http://www.meetup.com/SDCommunityCoalition/calendar/10950010/ --