The Sheik and I
Documentary · 103 min · English · 2012
Directed by Caveh Zahedi
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.
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- Reinventing the Wheel
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- United States
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- 2026-10-06
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- MRR-2012-FLM-920044
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