Gender Me: Homosexuality and Islam
2008•52m•Released
Documentary
Gender Me is a road movie about Mansour’s voyage into the world of Islam. It is a personal odyssey through a world of taboos, filled with contradictory images. He explores questions regarding faith and gender in Islam with a special focus on the unusual stories of Muslim gays. Mansour is a homosexual Iranian refugee who has been living in Oslo for the past 18 years where he works as a pharmacist. Now he wants to travel back to Istanbul, where he lived for two years before he was granted asylum in Norway.
Director
Nefise Özkal Lorentzen
Writer
Nefise Özkal Lorentzen
Languages
Arabic, English, Norwegian
Studio
Integral Film
Cast
Mansour Saberi
Himself
Abdullah
Himself
Imam Daayiee
Himself
Kaltham
Himself
Alexander Lie
Himself
B. Lennart Persson
Himself
Hüseyin Ates
Himself
Geir Søli
Himself
Emre
Himself
Tigran
Himself
Kerem
Himself
Production
Company
Integral Film
Producer
Jørgen Lorentzen
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