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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]

Sheikh Jackson
Film poster
Directed by	Amr Salama
Written by	Amr Salama Omar Khaled
Starring	Ahmed El Fishawy Ahmed Malek Maged El Kedwany
Production companies	Film-Clinic Cleopatra Entertainment IProductions Rotana TV The Producers Films
Distributed by	Rotana Studios
Release date	11 September 2017 (2017-09-11) (TIFF)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Egypt
Language	Arabic

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

• Ahmed El-Fishawy
• Maged El Kedwany
• Ahmed Malek
• Salma Abudeif
• Basma
• Dorra

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

• List of submissions to the 90th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

• Sheikh Jackson at IMDb

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