A Sinner in Mecca

2015 · M · Biography

For a gay filmmaker, filming in Saudi Arabia presents two serious challenges: filming is forbidden in the country and homosexuality is punishable by death. 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.

Directed by: Parvez Sharma

Featuring: Parvez Sharma, Hamad Almutaani, Maram Alzghoul, Shady Eldanf, Mohamed Gaber, Ismail Sarsor & Ahmed Yagoub

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