CHANGING MIDDLE EAST (1975)
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Cinematographer Sam Bryan Gone are the one-sided images of veiled women and camel nomads. It is a relief to find this film free of ethnocentric stereotypes that render inaccurate so many presentations on the Middle East. Instead, this objective overview shows cultural achievements of the Arab past and current developments in education, medicine, agriculture and communications...It is recommended as an up-to-date introduction and tool for stimulating interest in this important world region for general audiences and secondary students."
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Cinematographer Sam Bryan
Gone are the one-sided images of veiled women and camel nomads. It is a relief to find this film free of ethnocentric stereotypes that render inaccurate so many presentations on the Middle East. Instead, this objective overview shows cultural achievements of the Arab past and current developments in education, medicine, agriculture and communications...It is recommended as an up-to-date introduction and tool for stimulating interest in this important world region for general audiences and secondary students."
Gone are the one-sided images of veiled women and camel nomads. It is a relief to find this film free of ethnocentric stereotypes that render inaccurate so many presentations on the Middle East. Instead, this objective overview shows cultural achievements of the Arab past and current developments in education, medicine, agriculture and communications...It is recommended as an up-to-date introduction and tool for stimulating interest in this important world region for general audiences and secondary students."
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- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, description, catalog record, video
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