Documentary ·Comedy · United Arab Emirates · 2012 · 1h 43m

The Sheik and I

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Director
Caveh Zahedi
Cast
Caveh Zahedi as Self Beckett Zahedi as Self ZuZu Snyder as Self Amanda Field as Self Colin Nusbaum as Self Michael Patten as Self
Crew
Colin Nusbaum — Director of Photography Michael Patten — Director of Photography Caveh Zahedi — Editor Colin Nusbaum — Editor Caveh Zahedi — Producer
Tagline

Lights! Camera! Fatwa!

Synopsis

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.

Trailer The Sheik and I — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
blasphemycensorshipreligious intolerance
Key Collaborators
Caveh Zahedi Director Colin Nusbaum Director of Photography Michael Patten Director of Photography Caveh Zahedi Editor Colin Nusbaum Editor Caveh Zahedi Producer
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