CHANGING MIDDLE EAST (1975)

Year Published: 1975

Description: 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."

Complete Record: 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."