Gender Me: Homosexuality and Islam

Gender Me is a road movie about Mansour’s voyage into the world of Islam. It is a personal odyssey through a world of taboos, filled with contradictory images. He explores questions regarding faith and gender in Islam with a special focus on the unusual stories of Muslim gays. Mansour is a homosexual Iranian refugee who has been living in Oslo for the past 18 years where he works as a pharmacist. Now he wants to travel back to Istanbul, where he lived for two years before he was granted asylum in Norway.

Country:

Norway

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

52 minutes

Year:

2008

Director:

Nefise Özkal Lorentzen

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Company:

Integral Film

Cast:
Mansour Saberi

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Abdullah

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Imam Daayiee

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Kaltham

Himself

Alexander Lie

Himself

Crew:
Nefise Özkal Lorentzen

Director

Nefise Özkal Lorentzen

Writer

Jørgen Lorentzen

Producer

Tor Lindberg

Music Director

Nefise Özkal Lorentzen

Cinematography