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Gender Me: Homosexuality and Islam

2008-01-16 no 52m
Documentary
Gender Me is a road movie about Mansour’s voyage into the world of Islam. It is a personal odyssey through a world of taboos, filled with contradictory images. He explores questions regarding faith and gender in Islam with a special focus on the unusual stories of Muslim gays. Mansour is a homosexual Iranian refugee who has been living in Oslo for the past 18 years where he works as a pharmacist. Now he wants to travel back to Istanbul, where he lived for two years before he was granted asylum in Norway.

Director

Nefise Özkal Lorentzen

Editor

Mette Munthe-Kaas

Music Director

Tor Lindberg

Cinematography

Nefise Özkal Lorentzen

Cinematography

Cengiz Tanc

Animation

Simon Matthew Jones-Tyridal

lgbt gay theme

Status

Released

Countries

  • Norway

Companies

  • Integral Film