A SINNER IN MECCA | Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival
“I need to prove I can be a good Muslim and be gay,” declares director Parvez Sharma (A JIHAD FOR LOVE) in the gripping and controversial new documentary chronicling his hajj - a pilgrimage to Mecca. His journey poetically transforms into a brutally intimate, spiritual reconciliation with Sharma’s deceased mother, who grappled with her son’s sexuality. Shooting in Saudi Arabia presented serious challenges - filming is forbidden inside the country and homosexuality is punishable by death....
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