Comments | johanna_hypatia: Controversial film about gay Muslims is a labor of love

johanna_hypatia

Controversial film about gay Muslims is a labor of love

Sep 21, 2007 08:40

http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,2163210,00.htmlRead more... )

islam, queer, movie

Comments 4

ninthraven September 21 2007, 13:05:00 UTC

I so want to see that movie. When it comes to DC, let's go together.

johanna_hypatia September 22 2007, 02:55:53 UTC

It's a date!

elenia28 September 21 2007, 13:19:55 UTC

The movie sounds good, but the name, oh the name! It's not that Jihad bothers me, it's just that it's the corniest name ever.

johanna_hypatia September 22 2007, 03:00:26 UTC

The original working title was In the Name of Allah. Sharma got some protests from Muslims in the focus group when he decided to change it. I went to that showing early this year and asked him why he cut the trans people out who I'd seen in previous edits. And why his promo material mentioned trans people when they're not in the finished film. He said the trans footage would be in the DVD extras so I quit bugging him about it.

Anyway, it's still a deeply awesome movie and I hope it becomes a worldwide success.