CinemaOSMovie · 2012 · 1h 43m · NR

The Sheik and I

Lights! Camera! Fatwa!

56%(7)IMDbDocumentaryComedy

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.

Directed byCaveh Zahedi

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 43m
Language
EN
Released
December 7, 2012
Studios
Reinventing the Wheel

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6 credited
Starring
Caveh Zahedi

Caveh Zahedi

Self

Beckett Zahedi

Self

ZuZu Snyder

Self

Amanda Field

Self

Colin Nusbaum

Self

Michael Patten

Michael Patten

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Caveh Zahedi
Caveh Zahedi
Produced by
Caveh Zahedi
Caveh Zahedi

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