AANM Book Club: Guilty: Hollywood's Verdict on Arabs After 9/11

Guilty: Hollywood's Verdict on Arabs After 9/11
by Jack Shaheen

Shaheen sifted through hundreds of hours of film to give clear cut examples and keen insight, into Hollywood's obsession with bad Arabs and murderous Muslims post 9/11. A fascinating social study on the relationship between racism and cinema, and ultimately, how popular entertainment has the power to propagate damaging images of misunderstood cultures or destroy them. Shaheen deftly demonstrates that Hollywood's greatest enemy is not the Muslim or Arab, but the ignorant stereotype. (Lorraine Ali, Newsweek)

All Book Club discussions begin at 11:30 am in the library and are free and open to the public.  For more information please call 313-624-0224 or email tlsfritzler@accesscommunity.org.