A gay muslims hajj of defiance is the first book by parvez sharma, released on august 15, 2017, by publisher benbella books. Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Gay muslim films secret pilgrimage in a sinner in mecca. Sharma, who is also gay and muslim, takes viewers on his 2011 hajj, or pilgrimage, to islams most sacred sites. The film was a beautiful insight into a very personal account of a religious journey, said meenu mahajan, a new york.
Here, we enter the city of mecca that has been forbidden to nonmuslims for 14 centuries. A sinner in mecca will go on cinema release in new york on friday but the story started almost four years ago. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading a sinner in mecca. 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. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Parvez sharma went on a pilgrimage to mecca and covertly filmed what he describes as the frontline of. A gay muslims hajj of defiance kindle edition by sharma, parvez. Sharma has created a swirling, fascinating travelogue and a stirring celebration of devotionwe emerge from his film more enlightened. A sinner in mecca official trailer 1 2015 documentary. The film remarkably avoids self indulgence which would be easy given its nature. Sharma has created a swirling, fascinating travelogue and a stirring celebration of devotion.
Filmmaker parvez sharma embarks on the hajj, the pilgrimage to mecca, saudi arabia. The film premiered at the 2015 hot docs canadian international documentary festival to. And is stored for posterity in the prestigious ucla film and television archive. Your kind donations are key to our continuing success. A documentary on gay, lesbian, and transgender muslims across the muslim and western worlds. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl. A sinner in mecca trailer 2015 trailer for a sinner in mecca. In a feature about the film, yahoo news called the film a. In a sinner in mecca, gay muslim filmmaker parvez sharma takes a forbidden camera with him to mecca to film his pilgrimage. Mecca and medina in saudi arabia come remarkably alive through his hidden cellphone footage. In a sinner in mecca, a gay director ponders his sexuality. In any case a threeyear struggle ensued and we had another world first a sinner in mecca, a film in mecca and medina shot entirely on an iphone. 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.
A sinner in mecca year 2015 genre documentary type movies idmb rating 4. 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. Mar 16, 2016 here, we enter the city of mecca that has been forbidden to nonmuslims for 14 centuries. For a gay filmmaker, filming in saudi arabia presents two serious. A sinner in mecca is a 2015 documentary film from director parvez sharma a jihad for love. 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. Parvez sharma directorproducer is an awardwinning filmmaker and writer. 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.
A sinner in mecca three new documentaries reveal precarious, uncertain, and inscrutable queer existence in syria, israel, and. 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. A sinner in mecca takes us further and helps us continue this amazing work. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto. This film offers a first look into that forbidden world, and into the faith that at once demands and withholds so much from its faithful. Mar 17, 2015 original and official trailer for a sinner in mecca 2016 a sinner in mecca. He directed and produced the multiple award winning 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. Simply put, there is no other film like a sinner in mecca.
My unprecedented journey, which forms the core of a sinner in mecca, reveals for the first time some of those secrets. Already under fire for his documentary a jihad for love, which looks at the. His film a sinner in mecca has garnered worldwide media attention and was a new york times critics pick. Sharmas spiritual search is intimate and careful, and ultimately one of understanding. A sinner in mecca official trailer 1 2015 documentary hd. Its disappointing as is the film as a whole, aside from its unique presentation of all.
As a nonmuslim, i am not allowed in mecca but this film gives a brilliant idea of what it is like. The book focuses on wahhabism, daesh, saudi arabia, and the position of islam in the indian subcontinent. The film, shot guerrilla style on an iphone and smuggled cameras, documents sharmas hajj pilgrimage in saudi arabia, a nation where homosexuality is illegal. 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.
Gay muslim filmmakers dangerous trek becomes dull documentary. 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 our islam trilogy is all about truthtelling in the age of donald trump. In a story on the film, the washington post called the film complex and revelatory. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. 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. 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. We have received hundreds of hatemails and a few death threats online. Then i began writing the book that would say everything the film was not able to. Parvez sharma went on a pilgrimage to mecca and covertly filmed what he describes as the frontline of islam in.
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. Original and official trailer for a sinner in mecca 2016 by a sinner in mecca. 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. Parvez sharma is an awardwinning filmmaker and writer.
Youll have to complete your refund and exchange before the posted showtime indicated on your ticket. But the real taboo he breaks, ostentatiously even if nominally hidden, is to film in mecca, a city offlimits not just to cameras but to nonmuslims. The film premiered at the 2015 hot docs canadian international documentary festival to critical acclaim as well as negative controversies. I was surprised by the quality of his filming a lot better than i had expected. Sep 29, 2015 in a sinner in mecca, gay muslim filmmaker parvez sharma takes a forbidden camera with him to mecca to film his pilgrimage. The film chronicles sharmas hajj pilgrimage to mecca, saudi arabia as an openly gay muslim. For a gay filmmaker, filming in saudi arabia presents two serious challenges. A sinner in mecca three new documentaries reveal precarious, uncertain, and inscrutable queer existence in syria, israel, and saudi arabia. A sinner in mecca 2015 stream and watch online moviefone. I bought this film having read parvez sharmas book as i was intrigued to see what he had filmed on his iphone. There is a visceral, dreamlike quality throughout and the filmmaker is not afraid of cinematic abstraction.
The journey of indianborn filmmaker parvez sharma began in 2011, when he embarked on the annual pilgrimage known as hajj. This is a provocative roadtrip through the heart of islam. My true frustration about sharmas film is that beneath the diversions, it contains the material for what could have been something as controversial. This book is the most current and real picture of the so called war between islam and the west. Parvez sharma is now a 2018 guggenheim fellowplease do visit our onestop designed from scratch website at. 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. Mecca is the most visited city in the world, yet forbidden to all but followers of islam. Critically acclaimed filmmaker parvez sharma who is a veteran of death threats takes us into this and much more with his new book, a sinner in mecca. Sep 10, 2015 gay muslim films secret pilgrimage in a sinner in mecca. A gay muslims hajj of defiance audiobook by parvez sharma. Sharmas newest film, a sinner in mecca, shot in saudi arabia in 2011, is a deeply personal and moving film that covers an event that nonmuslims can only see in pictures in a country. The film which premiers in april during torontos hot docs festival follows his journey on hajj, a pillar of islam and a.
Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Oct 04, 2015 the hajj of the film is visceral and brutal. A sinner in mecca official trailer 1 2015 documentary hd for a gay filmmaker, filming in saudi arabia presents two serious challenges. 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. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed.
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