The Sheik and I
“Lights! Camera! Fatwa!”
2012•NR•1h 43m•5.6•Released
DocumentaryComedy
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.
Director
Caveh Zahedi
Languages
English
Studio
Reinventing the Wheel
Cast
Caveh Zahedi
Self
Beckett Zahedi
Self
ZuZu Snyder
Self
Amanda Field
Self
Colin Nusbaum
Self
Michael Patten
Self
Production
Company
Reinventing the Wheel
Producer
Caveh Zahedi
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