The Sheik and I (2012)
• December 7th, 2012 • 1h 43min
Documentary
Overview
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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