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A Sinner in Mecca
A Sinner in Mecca

A Sinner in Mecca

5.8/10
April 29, 2015
79 minutes
Parvez Sharma
Documentary

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.

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Movie Details

Release Date

April 29, 2015

Runtime

79 minutes

Director

Parvez Sharma

Rating

5.8/10

Production Companies

Haram Films ZDF ARTE France Cinéma

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