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The Sheik and I

The Sheik and I

# Lights, Camera, Fatwa!
Documentary
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 2012-12-07
⌚ Running Time: 103 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.3

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