Monday, 14 June 2021

Representing Muslims On-Screen

BBC News, Actor Riz Ahmed wants to stop Hollywood's 'toxic portrayals' of Muslims

"The study by the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, titled Missing and Maligned, found that fewer than 10% of top-grossing films released between 2017-2019 from the UK, US and Australia featured a speaking Muslim character." Links for the Annenberg report are here. I haven't looked at this in detail yet, but imagine that it will be useful in teaching on media concerns.