The Sheik and I

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.

Director: Caveh Zahedi

Cast

Caveh Zahedi Beckett Zahedi ZuZu Snyder Amanda Field Colin Nusbaum Michael Patten

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