A Sinner in Mecca
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.
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11 people
Parvez Sharma Director
United States release April 29, 2015 · Produced in France, Germany, United States · Languages Arabic, English, Hindi, Urdu
Production
Haram Films
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ZDF
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ARTE France Cinéma
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France · Germany · United States
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Original language
English
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Arabic · English · Hindi · Urdu
Release dates
Canada · April 29, 2015
Premiere · Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
United States · April 29, 2015
Theatrical
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