A Jihad for Love
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First Run Features poster for A Jihad for Love (US)
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| Directed by | Parvez Sharma |
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Sandi Simcha DuBowski Parvez Sharma |
| Music by | Sussan Deyhim Richard Horowitz supervised by Ramsay Adams Abe Velez |
| Cinematography | Parvez Sharma |
| Edited by | Juliet Weber |
| Distributed by | First Run Features (U.S.) |
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81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Hindi, French, Turkish, etc. |
| Box office | $105,651 |
A Jihad for Love (also known by the working title In the Name of Allah) is a 2007 documentary film on the coexistence of Islam and homosexuality. The film is directed by Parvez Sharma, and produced by Sharma and Trembling Before G-d director Sandi DuBowski.
A Jihad for Love is produced by Halal Films, in association with the Sundance Documentary Fund, Channel 4 Television (UK), ZDF (Germany), Arte (France-Germany), Logo (US) and SBS (Australia).
The documentary was filmed in 12 different countries and in nine languages. Sharma conducted interviews throughout North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Countries included Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Egypt, Bangladesh, Turkey, France, India, South Africa, the United States and the United Kingdom. He found many of his interviewees online, and received thousands of emails.
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2007, and has been screened to great acclaim at several film festivals around the world. It was the Opening film for the prestigious Panorama Dokumente section of the Berlin Film Festival in February, 2008. The U.S. theatrical release was May 21, 2008 at the IFC Center in New York City. The film screened at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco on June 28, 2008, and the Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival on July 13, 2008.
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