A sinner in Mecca /

"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 Haji pilgrimage, a journey considered the gr...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Sharma, Parvez (director of photography.), Akbar, Sajid (composer (expression),), Manning, M. E. (composer (expression)), Akbar, Husain (director of photography.)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English Arabic Urdu Hindi
Language Notes:	Narration in English, with dailogues in English, Arabic, Urdu, and Hindi; English subtitles given for non-English speakers.
Published:	[New York, N.Y.] : Haram FIlms, LLC, [2015]
Subjects:	Islam. Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages > Saudi Arabia > Mecca. Muslim gays > Saudi Arabia > Mecca. Homosexuality. Documentary films. Nonfiction films.

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Summary:	"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 Haji pilgrimage, a journey considered the greatest accomplishment and aspiration within Islam, his religion."--Container.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (79 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format:	DVD.
Production Credits:	Director, Parvez Sharma ; executive producer, Andrew Herwitz ; producers, Parvez Sharma, Alison Amron ; music, Sajid Akbar, M.E. Manning ; cinematography, Parvez Sharma, Husain Akbar ; editors, Alison Amron, Sajid Akbar.