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What does the new year and new decade have in store for the World? Is the financial crisis over? Will Afghanistan be won and terrorism be beaten at home? Are people fed up of America’s politics and media? To answer these questions and more, RT spoke to the renowned Trends Forecaster Gerald Celente.

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The groundbreaking documentary “Reel bad Arabs” 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 stereotypical images, their development at key points in US history, and why they matter so much today.

The documentary highlights the  lifework of Jack Shaheen, a retired professor from Southern Illinois University and the author of “TV Arabs,” “Reel Bad Arabs” and the upcoming “Guilty? Hollywood’s Verdict on Arabs after 9/11.”

How Hollywood Vilifies a People  is a 2001 book by the author where he surveyed more than 900 film appearances of characters. Of those, only a dozen were positive and 50 were balanced. Shaheen writes “Seen through Hollywood’s distorted lenses, Arabs look different and threatening.”.

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