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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: 5.6

Beloved Cast

Caveh Zahedi original image
Self
Caveh Zahedi
Beckett Zahedi original image
Self
Beckett Zahedi
ZuZu Snyder original image
Self
ZuZu Snyder
Amanda Field original image
Self
Amanda Field
Colin Nusbaum original image
Self
Colin Nusbaum
Michael Patten original image
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Michael Patten

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