A sinner in mecca premiered at the 2015 hot docs canadian international documentary festival and had a limited us theatrical release beginning on september 4, 2015. Aug 31, 2015 a sinner in mecca documents gay muslim pilgrimage. Filming at the holy sites in mecca is strictly forbidden. A sinner in mecca 2015 stream and watch online moviefone. Release dates 8 also known as aka 2 release dates canada 29 april 2015 hot docs uk 7 june. Sharmas spiritual search is intimate and careful, and ultimately one of understanding. Guide from thy throne of light above, our steps in faith and hope and love, that we may tread were thou hast trod, bravely the narrow way of god. Saudi arabia itself seems strange and distant enough. 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. Christianity today says the film is critical but not mocking. A sinner in mecca trailer 2015 trailer for a sinner in mecca. Religion news service wrote a detailed feature about the film on september 10, 2015.
Watch a sinner in mecca 2015 on netflix in singapore. Parvez sharma is an awardwinning filmmaker and writer. 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. Nonetheless, a sinner in mecca is an important and rare film that discusses islam from the perspective of a gay man who wants to find his place within it, despite the threats of violence and death that have suppressed many of his fellow muslim gays into hiding. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. And therefore, for good luck and plentiful good karma, we have decided to call our islam focused, global empowerment program, project 786. For gay filmmaker parvez sharma, filming in saudi arabia presents. In the case of a sinner in mecca, filmmaker parvez sharma risked death by merely taking the pilgrimage. 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 growing and most contested religion.
Thy heart to gain earth spread her glittering toys in vain thy spirit turned from fading things to seek and serve the king of kings. The film premiered at the 2015 hot docs canadian international documentary festival to critical acclaim as well as negative controversies. This christmas season i had intended to engage in a critical. Contemporary discussions in western media of the place of gays and lesbians within. 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. However what really appealed to me was the promise that this film seemed to make to give the viewer a look at mecca the holiest city of islam, located in saudi arabia. A sinner in mecca 1h 19min documentary 4 october 2015 usa for a gay filmmaker, filming in saudi arabia presents two serious challenges. The 10minute mecca stampede that made history vanity fair. 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. The film premiered at the 2015 hot docs canadian international documentary festival to.
A sinner in mecca is a difficult film to watch on multiple levels. With poetic simplicity, a sinner in mecca explores what it means to believe in the face of religious manipulation and government corruption. For gay filmmaker parvez sharma, filming in saudi arabia during the hajj presents two serious challenges filming is forbidden and homosexuality in saudi arabia is punishable by death. To fulfill his religious duty, he goes on a pilgrimage to mecca in saudi arabia. For a gay filmmaker, filming in saudi arabia presents two serious challenges. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key. In a sinner in mecca sharma undertakes the hajj to islams most sacred almasjid alharam mosque and secretly films the pilgrimage, fully aware of the consequences had the saudi authorities. Investigating the most lethal in a long history of mecca disastersin 2015, when some 2400 pilgrims were crushed or trampled to death on. Watch gay muslims daring pilgrimage to mecca in a sinner in. A sinner in mecca is sharmas selfdirected documentation of his struggle to reconcile his sexuality with. The film continues to play at international festivals including cph dox in november, 2015 12 and idfa in november, 2015. The book focuses on wahhabism, daesh, saudi arabia, and the position of islam in the indian subcontinent. 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. A gay, muslim filmmaker risks his life when he travels to the holy city of mecca for a hajj pilgrimage, carrying a hidden smartphone and tiny cameras.
The documentary by parvez sharma follows an openly gay muslim man on hajj. Parvez sharma 2015 filmmaker parvez sharma is both a devout muslim and gay. A sinner in mecca is a 2015 documentary film from director parvez sharma a jihad for love. Here, we enter the city of mecca that has been forbidden to nonmuslims for 14 centuries.
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 personal documaking at its most strident, puffed up with righteousness as sharma justifiably argues that saudi arabias. A gay muslims hajj of defiance is the first book by parvez sharma, released on august 15, 2017, by publisher benbella books. This is a provocative roadtrip through the heart of islam. 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 official trailer 1 2015 documentary hd for a gay filmmaker, filming in saudi arabia presents two serious challenges. Filmmaker parvez sharma embarks on the hajj, the pilgrimage to mecca, saudi arabia. 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. Aug 28, 2015 with a sinner in mecca, parvez sharma puts his soul and more on the line exclusive clips and poster. 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.
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. Sharmas bravery is not that he is a gay man in mecca. Mecca is actually closed to nonmuslims, which gives it a sort of forbidden fruit appeal even to me, as a christian. A sinner in mecca 2015 a sinner in mecca 2015 user. 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. Mar 16, 2016 here, we enter the city of mecca that has been forbidden to nonmuslims for 14 centuries. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. By opening with a scene of winceinducing violence, its clear from the getgo that this will not be an evenings light. A sinner in mecca 2015 documentary 1 h 19 min director. Stanislaus college, georgetown, guyana a sinner in. Arriving in mecca on the 10th anniversary of 911, in the midst of the arab spring, the region was charged. Sinner in mecca chronicles gay filmmakers audacious act cbc. Watch gay muslims daring pilgrimage to mecca in a sinner.
Watch gay muslims daring pilgrimage to mecca in a sinner in mecca 23 sep 2015 posted by gary nguyen parvez sharma, a gay muslim, filmed. The film chronicles sharmas hajj pilgrimage to mecca, saudi arabia as an openly gay muslim. Web extra watch the trailer for a sinner in mecca, which will screen at the inside out. 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 documents gay muslim pilgrimage the.
Oct 12, 2015 a sinner in mecca is a difficult film to watch on multiple levels. A sinner in mecca official trailer 1 2015 documentary. September 4th, 2015 not yet rated 1 hr 19 min plot summary. 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. Sharma, who is also gay and muslim, takes viewers on his 2011 hajj, or pilgrimage, to islams most sacred sites. Filming at the most sacred sites on the haj is prohibited. Parvez sharma is now a 2018 guggenheim fellowplease do visit our onestop designed from scratch website at.
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. A sinner in mecca will go on cinema release in new york on friday but the story started almost four years ago. With nothing more than his iphone, he joins 4 million fellow muslims on the pilgrimage to mecca. Gay muslim films secret pilgrimage in a sinner in mecca.
Aug 31, 2015 a sinner in mecca documents gay muslim pilgrimage director of film giving inside glance into hajj, filmed on iphone, calls for reform in islam, saying its imploding upon itself. Stanislaus college, georgetown, guyana a sinner in mecca. 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. Sep 10, 2015 gay muslim films secret pilgrimage in a sinner in mecca. In a sinner in mecca, a gay director ponders his sexuality. No dull delay thy fervour knew, but fast the busy moments flew, and in thy dawn of light.
With a sinner in mecca, parvez sharma puts his soul and more on the line exclusive clips and poster. 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. The soul of islam lives in saudi arabia, sharma says. 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. Sep 23, 2015 watch gay muslims daring pilgrimage to mecca in a sinner in mecca 23 sep 2015 posted by gary nguyen parvez sharma, a gay muslim, filmed his hajj pilgrimage to mecca, taking viewers where.
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