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2007 | Color | 85 min

The first-ever feature-length documentary to explore the complex global intersections of Islam and homosexuality. Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma has gone to the places where the silence about this topic is strongest, including Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, India, France, Egypt, South Africa and Canada, to assemble stories of the hidden lives of lesbian and gay Muslims worldwide. With unprecedented access, Sharma brings to light the lives of gay people who struggle to reconcile their sexuality with their profoundly held faith. In a time when Islam is under tremendous attack, from within and without, A Jihad for Love illustrates the lives of brave and determined people, negotiating a new relationship to Islam


Country: Francia, Rusia, Austria, Estados Unidos, Alemania
Direction: Sharma; Parvez
Production: Dubowsk; Sandi
Photography: Ba; Berke, Sharma; Parvez
Sound: Sound; 701, Sound; Skywalker
Music: Deyhim; Sussan, Horowitz; Richard
Participation year at FICM: 2007

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