Movies: Islam

  • 2017
    Sheikh Jackson

    Sheikh Jackson (2017)

    Sheikh Jackson

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    The sudden death of Michael Jackson sends a former King of Pop devotee — now a young imam — into a tailspin, in this tender and comedic film from Egyptian filmmaker Amr Salama....

    Sheikh Jackson
  • 2018
    Jinn

    Jinn (2018)

    Jinn

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    Summer is a carefree teenage girl whose world is turned upside down when her mother abruptly converts to Islam and becomes a different person. At first resistant to the faith, she begins to reevaluate her identity after becoming attracted to a Muslim...

    Jinn
  • 2003
    Inside Mecca

    Inside Mecca (2003)

    Inside Mecca

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    The events of the hajj have long remained veiled from non-Muslims, who are forbidden even to enter the holy city of Mecca. A team of Muslim filmmakers gained access to Islam's holiest place at the peak of the pilgrimage to document the holy event for...

    Inside Mecca
  • 2003
    Silent Waters

    Silent Waters (2003)

    Silent Waters

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    Ayesha is a widow with a secret past, living with her beloved son Saleem in a small town in Pakistan close to the Indian border. When the fires of Islamic nationalism invade their tranquil lives, Saleem and a few of the town's other young men are soo...

    Silent Waters
  • 2022
    Rojek

    Rojek (2022)

    Rojek

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    After the impressive Gulistan, Land of Roses (VdR 2016), the Kurdish filmmaker Zaynê Akyol returns with these conversations with imprisoned members of the Islamic State, alternating their words with aerial views of the countryside. An unexpected look...

    Rojek
  • 2019
    The Ornament of the World

    The Ornament of the World (2019)

    The Ornament of the World

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    Filmed in Cordoba, Granada, Seville, and Toledo, this documentary retraces the 800-year period in medieval Spain when Muslims, Christians, and Jews forged a common cultural identity that frequently transcended their religious differences, revealing w...

    The Ornament of the World
  • 2023
    Eid Mubarak

    Eid Mubarak (2023)

    Eid Mubarak

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    A privileged six-year-old Pakistani girl embarks on a mission to save her beloved pet goat from being eaten on the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Azha, only to learn the meaning of sacrifice....

    Eid Mubarak
  • 2016
    A Day for Women

    A Day for Women (2016)

    A Day for Women

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    The opening of a new swimming pool is the talk of the town – particularly because Sunday has been announced as a day for women....

    A Day for Women
  • 1994
    The Terrorist

    The Terrorist (1994)

    The Terrorist

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    Ali Abd-El-Zaher is a member of an Islamic radical group which has been launching attacks against the government and the society under the orders of the spiritual leader Brother Saif. Ali manages to assasinate an officer, but as he escapes from the a...

    The Terrorist
  • 2008
    White Girl

    White Girl (2008)

    White Girl

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    Debbie, a working class single mother from Leeds, moves her family to Bradford, where they find themselves in an ethnic minority. Daughter Leah must adapt to being the only white girl at school....

    White Girl
  • 1968
    Yusuf and Zulaikha

    Yusuf and Zulaikha (1968)

    Yusuf and Zulaikha

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    The brothers of Yusuf (Joseph), jealous of their father Yaqub’s (Jacob's) love for him, throw him into a well. A caravan rescues Yusuf, and years later he is sold as a slave in the market of Egypt. Zulaikha, Yusuf's owner, falls in love with him, and...

    Yusuf and Zulaikha
  • 2008
    Afghan Star

    Afghan Star (2008)

    Afghan Star

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    This documentary on the effect the talent competition "Afghan Star" has on the incredibly diverse inhabitants of Afghanistan affords a glimpse into a country rarely seen. Contestants risk their lives to appear on the television show that is a raging ...

    Afghan Star
  • 2018
    Purdah

    Purdah (2018)

    Purdah

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    The inspiring story of a young Indian Muslim woman who trades her burka for dreams of playing on the Mumbai Senior Women's Cricket Team and how the harsh realities for women in her country creates an unexpected outcome for her own family, ultimately ...

    Purdah
  • 2017
    Watched

    Watched (2017)

    Watched

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    This short 19-minute documentary is an intimate and moving exploration of the profound and far-reaching impact of surveillance on Muslim American individuals and communities. Premiering at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, WATCHED is told through the p...

    Watched
  • 2010
    1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets

    1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets (2010)

    1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets

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    Three school children visit a dusty library to research the story of 'The Dark Ages'. What they find changes their world view dramatically as ingenious inventors and pioneers of science and culture from the Muslim civilization are vividly brought to ...

    1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets
  • 2022
    The Builders of the Alhambra

    The Builders of the Alhambra (2022)

    The Builders of the Alhambra

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    Kingdom of Granada, al-Andalus, 14th century. After recognizing that his land, always under siege, is hopelessly doomed to be conquered, Sultan Yusuf I undertakes the construction of a magnificent fortress with the purpose of turning it into the land...

    The Builders of the Alhambra
  • 2017
    Facing Mecca

    Facing Mecca (2017)

    Facing Mecca

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    Pensioner Roli comes to Fareed's assistance when the Syrian refugee is faced with the burial of his Muslim wife. Together they stumble into a bewildering forest of Swiss bureaucracy to which Roli finds beautifully simple answer....

    Facing Mecca
  • 1969
    Khawarij

    Khawarij (1969)

    Khawarij

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    A man and his wife attempt to escape from an extremist Islamic cult known as the Khawarij, led by his own father, the village chief. They are haunted by demons conjured by black magic practitioners among the villagers....

    Khawarij
  • 2014
    Listen

    Listen (2014)

    Listen

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    A foreign woman in a burqa brings her young son to a Copenhagen police station to file a complaint against her abusive husband, but the translator assigned to her seems unwilling to convey the true meaning of her words. A tense, diamond-hard film abo...

    Listen
  • 2007
    A Jihad for Love

    A Jihad for Love (2007)

    A Jihad for Love

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    A documentary on gay, lesbian, and transgender Muslims across the Muslim and Western worlds....

    A Jihad for Love