Gender Me: Homosexuality and Islam

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 52 min
  • Premiere: 2008. January 16.

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.

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Abdullah

Himself

Imam Daayiee

Himself

Kaltham

Himself

Geir Søli

Himself

Emre

Himself

Tigran

Himself

Kerem

Himself

Camera

Nils-Petter Lotherington

Director of Photography

Crew

Nefise Özkal Lorentzen

Cinematography

Cengiz Tanc

Cinematography

Directing

Editing

Production

Sound

Tor Lindberg

Music Director

Håkon Lammetun

Sound Editor

Writing

Camera

Nils-Petter Lotherington

Director of Photography

Crew

Nefise Özkal Lorentzen

Cinematography

Cengiz Tanc

Cinematography

Directing

Editing

Production

Sound

Tor Lindberg

Music Director

Håkon Lammetun

Sound Editor

Writing