The Sheik and I (2012)

12/07/2012 (AE) • 1h 43m

Documentary

Lights! Camera! Fatwa!

Overview

When an American filmmaker is commissioned to make a film for a Middle East Biennial on the theme of 'art as a subversive act,' his film is banned for blasphemy, he is asked to destroy every copy, and threatened with arrest.


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

blasphemy

censorship

religious intolerance

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