(AP) Muslims seek change in their Hollywood story

After years of watching Muslims portrayed as terrorists in mainstream TV and movies, an advocacy group hopes to change that image by grooming a crop of aspiring Muslim screenwriters who can bring their stories ”” and perspective ”” to Hollywood.

The Muslim Public Affairs Council is hosting a series of workshops taught by Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated veterans over the next month, an initiative that builds on the group’s outreach for a more representative picture of Muslim-Americans on the screen.

The workshops are the natural evolution of MPAC’s efforts to lobby TV networks and movie studios from the outside, and they fit into a small, but growing, movement to get more Muslim-Americans behind the cameras.

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4 comments on “(AP) Muslims seek change in their Hollywood story

  1. robroy says:

    From today’s news: Jihadists in Egypt attack churches and kill 11.

    Dipsy Katie Couric wants a Muslim Bill Cosby show. That should help their image and overcome the steady barrage of similar headlines to the above.

  2. MKEnorthshore says:

    The frog will not jump out of the kettle as the slowly heating water approaches the critical temperature.

  3. St. Nikao says:

    There are several GREAT movie plots here:
    http://transfigurations.blogspot.com/2011/02/sharia-brutality-on-raped-girl-in.html
    And there’s plenty more just like it.

  4. robroy says:

    “And there’s plenty more just like it.”…on a daily basis.

    By the way, the slowly boiled frog is an urban legend. See [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog]very fun article in wikipedia[/url].