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  • 2008
  • Unrated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 21 m
  • 2008
  • Unrated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 21 m
A Jihad for Love

Summary Filmed in twelve countries and nine languages, A Jihad for Love is the world's first feature documentary to explore the complex global intersections between Islam and homosexuality. Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma enters the many worlds of Islam by illuminating multiple stories as diverse as Islam itself. Filming in secret and as a Mu...

Directed By: Parvez Sharma

Written By: Javed Haider Zaidi, Parvez Sharma

  • 2008
  • Unrated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 21 m
  • 2008
  • Unrated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 21 m

A Jihad for Love

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
55
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary Filmed in twelve countries and nine languages, A Jihad for Love is the world's first feature documentary to explore the complex global intersections between Islam and homosexuality. Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma enters the many worlds of Islam by illuminating multiple stories as diverse as Islam itself. Filming in secret and as a Mu...

Directed By: Parvez Sharma

Written By: Javed Haider Zaidi, Parvez Sharma

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
55
36% Positive
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64% Mixed
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0% Negative
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75
Often fascinating and provocative, although, as a film, it feels a bit long and somewhat repetitive.
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Even though the message that people should have the right to love whomever they want is hardy groundbreaking, Parvez captures some interesting conversations about what it means to be gay and Muslim.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
70
A courageous documentary on the plight of gays in the Muslim world.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
60
Mr. Sharma's film emphasizes testimony over context to such a degree that it feels at first of little use to anyone except gay Muslims who might take comfort in knowing they're not alone. But the documentary gains depth of feeling as it goes and even develops something of a nail-biting narrative.
By Nathan Lee FULL REVIEW
50
Conclusions and answers are perhaps luxuries that Sharma's film can't afford.
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50
Predicament makes the picture kin to 2001's "Trembling Before G-d," about gay Orthodox Jews. Both docs share the same fascination and limitation.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
40
Technically, Jihad's images and assemblage seem on par for a first-time filmmaker, though the film's message is a moving plaint.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW

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17% Negative
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Production Company Channel Four Films, Halal Films, Logo, Realise, Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), Sundance Institute Documentary Fund, The Katahdin Foundation, ZDF/Arte
Release Date May 21, 2008
Duration 1 h 21 m
Rating Unrated
Genres
Tagline Islam Like You've Never Seen It
Website http://www.mongrelmedia.com/films/Jihad_Love.html
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Awards

Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Milan International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
GLAAD Media Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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