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The Sheik and I (2012)

Dec 07, 2012 Documentary 1h 43m
User Score
56%
7 votes
Internet Movie Database
65%
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
Metacritic
5100%

Lights! Camera! Fatwa!

Overview

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.

Caveh Zahedi
Director

Top Billed Cast

Caveh Zahedi
Caveh Zahedi

Self
Beckett Zahedi
Beckett Zahedi

Self
ZuZu Snyder
ZuZu Snyder

Self
Amanda Field
Amanda Field

Self
Colin Nusbaum
Colin Nusbaum

Self
Michael Patten
Michael Patten

Self

Full Cast & Crew

Media

The Sheik and I Trailer
The Sheik and I Trailer
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