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Showing 1 - 7 of 7 titles with a criteria of Subject is Shi'ia
The Children of Camp Ashraf
How could beloved parents choose combat before their own children?
First Hand Films | 2024 | 83 minutes
Divorce Iranian Style
Hilarious, tragic, stirring, this fly-on-the-wall look at several weeks in an Iranian divorce court provides a unique window into the intimate circumstances of Iranian women’s lives
Women Make Movies | 1998 | 80 minutes
For Those Who Sail to Heaven
Captures the Sufi rites of the annual Opet Festival in Egypt.
Icarus Films | 1990 | 48 minutes
Iran, Veiled Appearances
Depicts clashes in modern Iran between extreme fundamentalism and young people who are pushing for social change, filming with soldiers, religious leaders, students, artists and intellectuals.
Icarus Films | 2002 | 58 minutes
The Judge
Peabody Award-winner and Emmy nominated THE JUDGE provides rare insight into Shari’a law, an often-misunderstood legal framework for Muslims, told through the eyes of the first woman judge to be appointed to the Middle East’s religious courts.
Women Make Movies | 2017 | 81 minutes
Shi'ism: Waiting for the Hidden Imam
Across Iran, Lebanon and Iraq a cross-section of major contemporary Shiite figures discuss and debate the history, theology and values of this minority branch of Islam.
Icarus Films | 2005 | 53 minutes
The Women of Hezbollah
A portrait of two women activists in the Hezbollah, and an examination of the personal, social and political factors of their commitment to this Islamic movement in Lebanon.
Icarus Films | 2001 | 49 minutes
