The Satanic Verses Affair (2009)
• March 7th, 2009 • 1h 30min
Documentary
Overview
Twenty years ago, novelist Salman Rushdie was a wanted man with a million pound bounty on his head. His novel, The Satanic Verses, had sparked riots across the Muslim world. The ailing religious leader of Iran, the Ayatollah Khomeini, had invoked a little-known religious opinion - a fatwa - and effectively sentenced Rushdie to death. This film looks back on the extraordinary events which followed the publication of the book and the ten year campaign to get the fatwa lifted. Interviews with Rushdie's friends and family and testimony from leaders of Britain's Muslim community and the Government reveal the inside story of the affair.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
You've Been Trumped Too
Released on: 2016-10-28
Documentary
A timely film exploring the confrontation between a feisty 92-year-old Scottish widow and her family...
Who Took Johnny
Released on: 2014-01-17
Documentary
An examination of the infamous thirty-year-old cold case of Iowa paperboy Johnny Gosch, the first mi...
The World's Worst Place to Be Gay?
Released on: 2011-02-14
Documentary
Scott Mills travels to Uganda where the death penalty could soon be introduced for being gay. The ga...
One Ticket Please
Released on: 2017-03-13
Documentary
A documentary about a 78-year-old Indian woman in New York who is the world's most passionate theate...
Lepage au Soleil: The origin of Kanata
Released on: 2019-04-26
Documentary
In the spring of 2016, for the first time in 54 years, Ariane Mnouchkine entrusts her troupe, the Th...
The People of the Kattawapiskak River
Released on: 2012-10-17
Documentary
Alanis Obomsawin’s documentary The People of the Kattawapiskak River exposes the housing crisis face...
The Price of Gold
Released on: 2014-01-16
Documentary
The world couldn't keep its eyes off two athletes at the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer - Nancy Ke...
Hidden Universe
Released on: 2013-06-29
Documentary
An extraordinary journey deep into space offering fresh insight into the origins and evolution of th...
To Be Takei
Released on: 2014-08-22
Documentary
Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei journeyed from a World War II internment camp to...
Daughters of Wisdom
Released on: 2007-06-03
Documentary
An intimate portrait of the nuns of Kala Rongo, a rare and exceptional Buddhist Monastery exclusivel...
E-Team
Released on: 2014-01-18
Documentary
E-Team is driven by the high-stakes investigative work of four intrepid human rights workers, offeri...
Fed Up
Released on: 2014-05-09
Documentary
Fed Up blows the lid off everything we thought we knew about food and weight loss, revealing a 30-ye...
Rich Hill
Released on: 2014-01-19
Documentary
If you ever find yourself traveling down Interstate 49 through Missouri, try not to blink—you may mi...
Watchers of the Sky
Released on: 2014-01-20
Documentary
Five interwoven stories of remarkable courage from Nuremberg to Rwanda, from Darfur to Syria, and fr...
Innocence
Released on: 2006-01-16
Documentary
In the mountains of Northern Thailand lies a boarding school. The students come from different tribe...
Last Days in Vietnam
Released on: 2014-09-05
War, Documentary
During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as ...
Here One Day
Released on: 2012-11-22
Documentary
When filmmaker Kathy Leichter moved back into her childhood home after her mother's suicide, she dis...
Dief!
Released on: 1981-01-01
Documentary
This documentary short is a portrait of Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and 13th prime ...