A Sinner in Mecca
2015•1h 19m•5.8•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Parvez Sharma
Languages
English, Arabic, Hindi
Studio
Haram Films
Cast
Hamad Almutaani
Self
Maram Alzghoul
Self
Shady Eldanf
Self
Mohamed Gaber
Self
Ismail Sarsor
Self
Ahmed Yagoub
Self
Production
Company
Haram Films
Company
ZDF
Company
ARTE France Cinéma
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