A Sinner in Mecca

Overview

For a gay filmmaker, filming in Saudi Arabia presents two serious challenges: filming is forbidden in the country and homosexuality is punishable by death. For filmmaker Parvez Sharma, however, these were risks he had to assume as he embarked on his Hajj pilgrimage, a journey considered the greatest accomplishment and aspiration within Islam, his religion. On his journey Parvez aims to look beyond 21st-century Islam’s crises of religious extremism, commercialism and sectarian battles. He brings back the story of the religion like it has never been told before, having endured the biggest jihad there is: the struggle with the self.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 29, 2015

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English, Arabic, Hindi, Urdu

Countries

France, Germany, United States of America

Production

ARTE France Cinéma,ZDF,Haram Films

Cast

Ismail Sarsor,Hamad Almutaani,Maram Alzghoul,Ahmed Yagoub,Shady Eldanf,Mohamed Gaber

Director

Parvez Sharma

Writer

Sajid Akbar,Alison Amron

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

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