Posted on Jun 12, 2021
Just 10% Of Popular Movies Had A Muslim Character. Riz Ahmed Wants To Change That
603
11
11
3
3
0
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/12/ [login to see] /just-10-of-popular-movies-had-a-muslim-character-riz-ahmed-wants-to-change-that
Muslims are very rarely depicted in movies, and when they are, it's usually as a stereotypical terrorist, what Oscar nominated actor Riz Ahmed calls a "dangerous trope." Having spoken out about this issue for several years, he's been looking for hard data. Now's he got it. This week, The University of Southern California's Annenberg Inclusion Initiative came out with the report he asked for. It's titled Missing and Maligned: The Reality of Muslims in Popular Global Movies.
USC's researchers combed through 200 popular films from the U.S., the U.K., Australia and New Zealand from 2017 to 2019. They found that only six of them had a Muslim in a co-leading role, and only one of those was female. Of the nearly 9,000 speaking parts, fewer than two percent were Muslim. And there none in animated movies.
Muslims are very rarely depicted in movies, and when they are, it's usually as a stereotypical terrorist, what Oscar nominated actor Riz Ahmed calls a "dangerous trope." Having spoken out about this issue for several years, he's been looking for hard data. Now's he got it. This week, The University of Southern California's Annenberg Inclusion Initiative came out with the report he asked for. It's titled Missing and Maligned: The Reality of Muslims in Popular Global Movies.
USC's researchers combed through 200 popular films from the U.S., the U.K., Australia and New Zealand from 2017 to 2019. They found that only six of them had a Muslim in a co-leading role, and only one of those was female. Of the nearly 9,000 speaking parts, fewer than two percent were Muslim. And there none in animated movies.
Just 10% Of Popular Movies Had A Muslim Character. Riz Ahmed Wants To Change That
Posted from npr.org
Movies
Religion
Islam
Posted >1 y ago
Responses: 5
4
4
0
The new trailer for the historical epic "Lion of the Desert", directed by Moustapha Akkad and starring Anthony Quinn and Oliver Reed, the film that follows L...
(4)
(0)
1
1
0
One of the issues about missing Muslims in movies, outside of the pigeon hole all Muslims to either the terp or the terrorist; mainstream doesn't understand the vast spectrum of who are Muslim. Or in other terms, which kind of Muslims in film. No idea why Mr. Ahmed only selected to look over movies in a few countries from a span of three years. Especially since the rise of the foreign films for the last 20 or so years have been phenomenon!
(1)
(0)
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SFC (Join to see) I would never Pigeon Hole CTRC Gerald Rasheed, Navy Aiborne Spook. One of My Favorite Outboard Chiefs.
(1)
(0)
SFC (Join to see)
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - that's the problem, it's usually others who never experienced different people and cultures who do.
My favorite situation in the Army about being an Arab American:
Our Israeli-American DS was to train the company on Muslims and Arabs. He asked the company who are Arabs and/or Muslims. Five of us stood up. Based on religious affiliation and genetics, all of us were very different. He was trying to teach that Muslims and Arabs can't be stereotyped when we all range.
My favorite situation in the Army about being an Arab American:
Our Israeli-American DS was to train the company on Muslims and Arabs. He asked the company who are Arabs and/or Muslims. Five of us stood up. Based on religious affiliation and genetics, all of us were very different. He was trying to teach that Muslims and Arabs can't be stereotyped when we all range.
(0)
(0)
1
1
0
The Battle of Algiers - Trailer
A history of the three-year Battle of Algiers, chronicling the escalating terrorism and violence between French military forces and the Algerian independence...
(1)
(0)
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google