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, his religion. On his journey Parvez aims to look beyond 21st-century Islam's crises of religious extremism, commercialism and sectarian... (Full plot summary below)
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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, his religion. On his journey Parvez aims to look beyond 21st-century Islam's crises of religious extremism, commercialism and sectarian battles. He brings back the story of the religion like it has never been told before, having endured the biggest jihad there is: the struggle with the self.
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| The New York TimesAndy WebsterMr. Sharma has created a swirling, fascinating travelogue and a stirring celebration of devotion. |
| Toronto SunJim SlotekThe result is a fascinating look at a city off-limits to non-Muslims. |
| The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenA 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 Islam’s holiest site. |
| Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlStirring, sad, and at times truly frightening. |
| Eye for FilmJennie KermodeIt touches on a number of the central conflicts in contemporary Islam (and in religion more widely) but does so in a way that invites reflection rather than getting people's backs up. |
| TheWrapTricia OlszewskiWhen an infidel makes a film about traveling to an Islamic country that doesn’t accept his way of life, you expect a little more tension. |
| New York Daily NewsJordan HoffmanPeople often use the term “dangerous filmmaking.” Here is someone willing to put his life on the line for his art. |
| Slant MagazineOleg IvanovWhat the film lacks in narrative unity and aesthetic splendor it makes up in moral grandeur and ethical purpose. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenThis notable feat of cinematography shows much the world Islam's holy city of Mecca but is more of the inner journey of a gay Muslim than it is a travelogue. |
| RogerEbert.comOmer M. MozaffarIt is a well-intentioned film that buries its affectionate heart in disjointed, unnecessary, forced banter. |
