The Sheik and I

The Sheik and I

Lights! Camera! Fatwa!

2012•1h 43m•5.6/10

DocumentaryComedy

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5.6/10(7)

When an American filmmaker is commissioned to make a film for a Middle East Biennial on the theme of 'art as a subversive act,' his film is banned for blasphemy, he is asked to destroy every copy, and threatened with arrest.

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Production

Reinventing the Wheel

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Caveh Zahedi

Caveh Zahedi

Self

Beckett Zahedi

Self

ZuZu Snyder

Self

Amanda Field

Self

Colin Nusbaum

Self

Michael Patten

Michael Patten

Self

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