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. 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. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Muslim pilgrims pray atop mount thor in the holy city of mecca ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage september 19, 2015. A sinner in mecca you will see neverbeforefilmed images of muslim observances in this sincere, but at times selfindulgent, gay directors journey back to his spiritual roots. Gay muslim films secret pilgrimage in a sinner in mecca. In a sinner in mecca, a gay director ponders his sexuality.
A sinner in mecca official trailer 1 2015 documentary hd. 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 had its world premiere in april, 2015, at hot docs in toronto. Sep 04, 2015 you may exchange or request a refund for your entire order, less the convenience fee, through fandango up until the posted showtime. Shop in store, using our store locator, or online today. Aug 28, 2015 with a sinner in mecca, parvez sharma puts his soul and more on the line exclusive clips and poster. Buy this book sharma, a documentary filmmaker and indianborn gay. With a sinner in mecca, parvez sharma puts his soul and more on the line exclusive clips and poster. Alive mind director of the excellent documentary a jihad for love, about gay muslims, parvez sharma risked his life by covertly filming his hajj pilgrimage to mecca. For a gay filmmaker, filming in saudi arabia presents two serious challenges. A sinner in mecca official trailer 1 2015 documentary. 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.
His film a sinner in mecca has garnered worldwide media attention and was a new york times critics pick. 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. Watch a sinner in mecca online watch online anytime. We had our world premiere at hotdocs 2015 in toronto. A sinner in mecca movie for a gay filmmaker, filming in saudi arabia presents two serious challenges. Parvez sharma, a sinner in mecca by jeremy kay 20150429t05. Sep 10, 2015 gay muslim films secret pilgrimage in a sinner in mecca.
Our collection of the best global beauty brands mecca. The film, shot guerrilla style on an iphone and smuggled cameras, documents sharmas hajj pilgrimage in saudi arabia, a nation where homosexuality is illegal. 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. Using a sinner in mecca, project 786 is a worldwide outreach, dialogue and measurable change project aimed at significantly impacting and changing contemporary discourse about islam, today the worlds fastest. Awardwinning documentary a sinner in mecca opens september 4. And therefore, for good luck and plentiful good karma, we have decided to call our islam focused, global empowerment program, project 786.
Three new documentaries reveal precarious, uncertain, and inscrutable queer existence in syria, israel, and saudi arabia. The journey of indianborn filmmaker parvez sharma began in 2011, when he embarked on the annual pilgrimage known as hajj. 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. On the eve of the world premiere at torontos hot docs of his first film in almost eight years, the. For filmmaker parvez sharma, however, these were risks he had to assume as he embarked o. 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. Msg will always be the mecca, no matter how bad things get. But unlike the journeys of his fellow muslims, the consequences of his own could be deadly. The film chronicles sharmas hajj pilgrimage to mecca, saudi. A sinner in mecca is a 2015 documentary film from director parvez sharma a jihad for love. Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. He filmed his 2011 trip despite strict prohibitions against camera use at holy sites in mecca, and hes. His written work is based on his 2015 documentary of the same name, which visually depicts sharmas religious pilgrimage.
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. 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. Its called the mecca of basketball, a moniker speaking to the history of madison square garden more than its present. Here, we enter the city of mecca that has been forbidden to nonmuslims for 14 centuries. With a sinner in mecca, parvez sharma puts his soul and.
Youll have to complete your refund and exchange before the posted showtime indicated on your ticket. San qiang pai an jing qi a woman a gun and a noodle shop aka the first gun. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. 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. Parvez sharma, a sinner in mecca by jeremy kay 2015 0429t05. Sharma, who is also gay and muslim, takes viewers on his 2011 hajj, or pilgrimage, to islams most sacred sites. The hajj pilgrimage is a journey every muslim is commanded by god to go on at least once in a lifetime if they are able and, like millions, parvez sharma believes his spiritual salvation lies at islams ground zero, mecca. On 24 september 2015, an event described as a crush and stampede caused deaths estimated at well over 2,000 pilgrims, suffocated or crushed during the annual hajj pilgrimage in mina, mecca, saudi arabia, making it the deadliest hajj disaster in history. A gay muslims hajj of defiance is the first book by parvez sharma, released on august 15, 2017, by publisher benbella books. Parvez sharma is an awardwinning filmmaker and writer. In gwendolyn brooks was followed in 1968 by in the mecca, half of which is a long narrative poem about people in the mecca, a vast, fortresslike apartment building erected on the south side of chicago in 1891, which had long since deteriorated into a slum. Parvez sharma risks death to illegally film his hajj pilgrimage an act made more daring by the fact that hes gay. A sinner in mecca 2015 stream and watch online moviefone. 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.
Sharmas bravery is not that he is a gay man in mecca. The knicks havent won a championship in more than 40 years and the. For gay filmmaker parvez sharma, filming in saudi arabia presents. Alive mind director of the excellent documentary a jihad for love, about gay muslims, parvez sharma risked his life by covertly filming his hajj pilgrimage to mecca in saudi arabia. Apr 28, 2015 security is being added for parvez sharma, 41, the gay muslim director of a sinner in mecca, following online threats ahead of his films world premiere at hot docs wednesday. Sep 29, 2015 a sinner in mecca is personal documaking at its most strident, puffed up with righteousness as sharma justifiably argues that saudi arabias wahabi fundamentalism runs counter to the. A sinner in mecca official trailer 1 2015 documentary hd for a gay filmmaker, filming in saudi arabia presents two serious challenges. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed.
Mount thor marks the start of the journey of the prophet mohammad and. Parvez sharma is now a 2018 guggenheim fellowplease do visit our onestop designed from scratch website at. To test his own faith, sharma embarked on a hajj, the onceinalifetime pilgrimage made by the most devout muslims to mecca, knowing full well that filming would be. 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. Dec 06, 2015 after releasing his film a jihad for love, exploring islam and homosexuality, parvez sharma is a marked man, having been publicly labelled an infidel. The book focuses on wahhabism, daesh, saudi arabia, and the position of islam in the indian subcontinent. A sinner in mecca trailer 2015 trailer for a sinner in mecca. A sinner in mecca is personal documaking at its most strident, puffed up with righteousness as sharma justifiably argues that saudi arabias.
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