Three New Films Capture LGBT Life in the Middle East

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Three New Films Capture LGBT Life in the Middle East

http://www.advocate.com/print-issue/current-issue/2015/08/28/three-new-films-capture-lgbt-life-middle-east

The Advocate/BY Advocate Contributors August 28 2015 4:15 AM ET

"A Sinner in Mecca
In an act of potentially deadly defiance, a gay filmmaker questions and reclaims his faith while exposing Saudi Arabia's violent conservatism.

For many, Mecca is a city in Saudi Arabia shrouded in mystery: impenetrable, unknowable. But for devout Muslims, the hajj, a pilgrimage to Mecca, one of Islam's holiest sites, is a journey one must make in their time on earth."