A sinner in mecca year 2015 genre documentary type movies idmb rating 4. 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. Sharma, who is also gay and muslim, takes viewers on his 2011 hajj, or pilgrimage, to islams most sacred sites. The trailer for parvez sharmas new film, a sinner in mecca, with its pulsating music, tortured bodies, and scary news clips, depicts a sensationalism worthy of the most crass of islamophobic films. This is a provocative roadtrip through the heart of islam. For gay filmmaker parvez sharma, filming in saudi arabia presents. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone.
A gay muslims hajj of defiance audiobook by parvez sharma. Makkah occupied on the map of the then known world, together with its tradition of political. The movie itself starts with a chat room conversation on a homosexual website with a saudi who just witnessed an execution of a gay man. His written work is based on his 2015 documentary of the same name, which visually depicts sharmas religious pilgrimage. After releasing his film a jihad for love, exploring islam and homosexuality, parvez sharma is a marked man, having been publicly labelled an infidel. For gay filmmaker parvez sharma, filming in saudi arabia during the hajj. The journey of indianborn filmmaker parvez sharma began in 2011, when he embarked on the annual pilgrimage known as hajj. Aug 12, 2015 recently recognized with the 2015 outfest grand jury award for best documentary feature, a sinner in mecca follows director parvez sharma a jihad for love as the openly gay muslim filmmaker documents his pilgrimage to mecca in saudi arabia, where filming is strictly prohibited and homosexuality is a crime punishable by death.
A new film made by a gay muslim pilgrim offers a englishspeaking western audience a wartsandall view of the annual pilgrimage to mecca in a documentary that has attracted death threats and an online hate campaign. A sinner in mecca is personal documaking at its most strident, puffed up with righteousness as sharma justifiably argues that saudi arabias. Aug 14, 2015 a sinner in mecca official trailer 1 2015 documentary hd for a gay filmmaker, filming in saudi arabia presents two serious challenges. Openly gay and a devout muslim, parvez sharma embarks on a perilous pilgrimage to mecca hoping to find an answer to this most personal question. September 4th, 2015 not yet rated 1 hr 19 min plot summary. The film, shot guerrilla style on an iphone and smuggled cameras, documents sharmas hajj pilgrimage in saudi arabia, a nation where homosexuality is illegal. A sinner in mecca 2015 stream and watch online moviefone. From the recipient of a 2018 guggenheim fellow based on the new york times critic pick documentary the first book about the hajj from a gay perspective. Sharmas spiritual search is intimate and careful, and ultimately one of understanding. Three new documentaries reveal precarious, uncertain, and inscrutable queer existence in syria, israel, and saudi arabia. The film premiered at the 2015 hot docs canadian international documentary festival to critical acclaim as well as negative controversies. For a gay filmmaker, filming in saudi arabia presents two serious challenges. In a sinner in mecca, a gay director ponders his sexuality.
A sinner in mecca is sharmas selfdirected documentation of his struggle to reconcile his sexuality with his devout muslim beliefs and to assuage the guilt he feels over having been. Buy this book sharma, a documentary filmmaker and indianborn gay. His film a sinner in mecca has garnered worldwide media attention and was a new york times critics pick. A sinner in mecca will go on cinema release in new york on friday but the story started almost four years ago. Watch sinner in mecca, a produced by kino video tla video has the top gay cinema and gay porn titles on dvd, bluray and on demand. Voirfilm a sinner in mecca streaming complet vf 2015hd.
Sep 27, 2015 a gay muslim filmmaker goes inside the hajj. Download download pdf heidelberg university publishing. It was the tenth anniversary of september 11th when parvez reached saudi arabia, an oilrich nation that is an ally to many western. To fulfill his religious duty, he goes on a pilgrimage to mecca in saudi arabia. The filmmaker documents his journey on nothing more than an iphone and two smuggled, tiny cameras. He filmed his 2011 trip despite strict prohibitions against camera use at holy sites in mecca, and hes. Here, we enter the city of mecca that has been forbidden to nonmuslims for 14 centuries. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Awardwinning documentary a sinner in mecca opens september 4. For gay filmmaker parvez sharma, filming in saudi arabia presents two serious challenges filming is forbidden in the country and homosexuality is punishable by death. Gay muslim films secret pilgrimage in a sinner in mecca. For filmmaker parvez sharma, however, these were risks he had to assume as he embarked o.
A sinner in mecca official trailer 1 2015 documentary. A gay muslim filmmaker goes inside the hajj the new york times. The film chronicles sharmas hajj pilgrimage to mecca, saudi arabia as an openly gay muslim. Sep 10, 2015 gay muslim films secret pilgrimage in a sinner in mecca. A sinner in mecca official trailer 1 2015 documentary hd. May 05, 2015 with poetic simplicity, a sinner in mecca explores what it means to believe in the face of religious manipulation and government corruption. A sinner in mecca challenging faith in the face of adversity. A sinner in mecca documents gay muslim pilgrimage daily. Sharmas bravery is not that he is a gay man in mecca. A gay muslim filmmaker goes inside the hajj the new york. A sinner in mecca trailer 2015 trailer for a sinner in mecca.
Parvez sharma went on a pilgrimage to mecca and covertly filmed what he describes as the frontline of islam in order to explore what it means. Daily xtra caught up with gay director parvez sharma at the world premiere of his new film, a sinner in mecca, at hot docs on april 29. The film chronicles sharmas hajj pilgrimage to mecca, saudi. The film premiered at the 2015 hot docs canadian international documentary festival to. A sinner in mecca audaciously enters a world that has been forbidden to nonmuslims for 14 centuries.
A sinner in mecca official trailer 1 2015 documentary hd for a gay filmmaker, filming in saudi arabia presents two serious challenges. Nov 01, 2017 sharmas memoir, a sinner in mecca, was released on august 15 of this year, and chronicles his journey to saudi arabia to embark on hajj the islamic pilgrimage to meccaa trip that put his life at risk. Filmmaker parvez sharma embarks on the hajj, the pilgrimage to mecca, saudi arabia. On these neverbeforefilmed streets of ancient mecca, he joins 4 million muslims, from the majority, peaceloving pilgrims fulfilling a lifelong calling, to brutal jihadists for whom violence is. Given the perception that the middle east is largely hostile to the lgbtq community, parvez sharmas spiritual memoir a sinner in mecca is shocking in. Some may find sharmas pilgrimage too introspective to be accessible, but his bravery in making a film like a sinner in mecca cannot be denied. A sinner in mecca is a 2015 documentary film from director parvez sharma a jihad for love. With poetic simplicity, a sinner in mecca explores what it means to believe in the face of religious manipulation and government corruption. He also directed and produced the multiple awardwinning a jihad for love, which premiered at the 2007 toronto film festival and opened the prestigious panorama dokumente section of the 2008 berlin international film festival. A sinner in mecca seems to eerily anticipate the events of thursday, when, government officials said, more than 700.
A sinner in mecca is a suitably messy mix of the gritty and the surreal, the wrenching and the transcendent, from the midst of the trek to islams holiest site. Parvez sharma 2015 filmmaker parvez sharma is both a devout muslim and gay. Guggenheim fellow, filmmaker parvez sharma, who made a jihad for love takes you inside a hidden saudi arabia in his brave film shot on an iphone in mecca. A sinner in mecca challenging faith in the face of. Sharmas memoir, a sinner in mecca, was released on august 15 of this year, and chronicles his journey to saudi arabia to embark on hajj the islamic pilgrimage to meccaa trip that put his life at risk. The documentary by parvez sharma follows an openly gay muslim man on hajj. A gay muslims hajj of defiance is the first book by parvez sharma, released on august 15, 2017, by publisher benbella books. May 01, 2015 a sinner in mecca is a suitably messy mix of the gritty and the surreal, the wrenching and the transcendent, from the midst of the trek to islams holiest site. Sep 02, 2015 a sinner in mecca is sharmas selfdirected documentation of his struggle to reconcile his sexuality with his devout muslim beliefs and to assuage the guilt he feels over having been. Recently recognized with the 2015 outfest grand jury award for best documentary feature, a sinner in mecca follows director parvez sharma a jihad for love as the openly gay muslim filmmaker documents his pilgrimage to mecca in saudi arabia, where filming is strictly prohibited and homosexuality is a crime punishable by death. And yes, a sinner in mecca, the nyt critics pick film and later very dissimilar book book with the same title, and the film a jihad for love are still changing minds globally. Parvezs remarkable journey in his new film, a sinner in mecca, takes him from his home in new york, the mecca of freedom, to a mecca that is anything but home, and subsequently back to his birthplace in india. The book focuses on wahhabism, daesh, saudi arabia, and the position of islam in the indian subcontinent. Parvez sharma is an awardwinning filmmaker and writer.
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