CinemaOSMovie · 2015 · 1h 19m

A Sinner in Mecca

58%(10)IMDbDocumentary

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.

Directed byParvez Sharma

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 19m
Language
EN
Released
April 29, 2015
Studios
ZDFARTE France CinémaHaram Films

Featuring

Cast & crew

6 credited
Starring

Hamad Almutaani

Self

Maram Alzghoul

Self

Shady Eldanf

Self

Mohamed Gaber

Mohamed Gaber

Self

Ismail Sarsor

Self

Ahmed Yagoub

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Parvez Sharma

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