This Week in Movies with Meaning
A book excerpt, as well as reviews of "A Sinner in Mecca" and "Miss Juneteenth," are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the web site of The Good Media Network, available by clicking here.
A book excerpt, as well as reviews of "A Sinner in Mecca" and "Miss Juneteenth," are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the web site of The Good Media Network, available by clicking here.
“A Sinner in Mecca” (2015, 2020 re-release). Cast: Parvez Sharma. Director: Parvez Sharma. Screenplay: Sajid Akbar, Alison Amron and Parvez Sharma. Web site. Trailer. When faced with a paradox, it’s easy to lose hope. Circumstances may seem so inextricably entangled that it appears there’s no way to sort matters out. Indeed, it’s the kind of situation where it seems like only divine intervention can help. And it’s that kind of help that’s being sought by a seriously conflicted individual whose hopes, dreams and aspirations are caught up in a conundrum ostensibly incapable of being unraveled, the subject of the recently re-released documentary, “A Sinner in Mecca.” After the completion of his controversial debut feature, filmmaker Parvez Sharma became a marked [...]