Sheikh Jackson
Film poster
Directed byAmr Salama
Written byAmr Salama
Omar Khaled
StarringAhmed El Fishawy
Ahmed Malek
Maged El Kedwany
Production
companies
Distributed byRotana Studios
Release date
  • 11 September 2017 (2017-09-11) (TIFF)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageArabic

Sheikh Jackson is a 2017 Egyptian drama film directed by Amr Salama. It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] It was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[2]

Plot

An Islamic cleric who likes to dress as Michael Jackson is thrown into a tailspin in the wake of the singer's death.

Cast

Controversy

In December 2017 in Egypt the film was referred to Al-Azhar University for investigation of blasphemy, despite it having been cleared by Egypt's censorship committee. When film critic Tarek El-Shenawy defended the film, many Facebook readers responded with angry insults against him and the film.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Toronto Film Festival 2017 Unveils Strong Slate". Deadline. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. Vlessing, Etan (11 September 2017). "Oscars: Egypt Selects 'Sheikh Jackson' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. "Social Islamism In Egypt". 27 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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