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]
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Directed by | Amr Salama |
Written by | Amr Salama Omar Khaled |
Starring | Ahmed El Fishawy Ahmed Malek Maged El Kedwany |
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Distributed by | Rotana Studios |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | Egypt |
Language | Arabic |
An Islamic cleric who likes to dress as Michael Jackson is thrown into a tailspin in the wake of the singer's death.
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]
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