The Reformist – A Female Imam

Name: The Reformist – A Female Imam
Director: Marie Skovgaard
Released: 2019

Marie Skovgaard 2019

Sherin is opening one of Europe’s first mosques run by female imams. The Mosque’s members aim to confront and challenge the fear surrounding Islam and call for a new kind of it including a feminist agenda, effecting a break with established gender hierarchies.
Sherin is impatient. She wants change and equality now! But her haste divides her organization to the brink of collapse.

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Running Time:	59/88 min.
Subject(s):	Gender, Middle Eastern Studies, Religion and Spirituality, Women
Language(s):	Arabic, Danish, English, Swedish
Subtitles:	English
Director(s):	Marie Skovgaard
Producer(s):	Jesper Jack
Cinematographer:	Marie Skovgaard, Matthias Nyholm Schmidt
Editor(s):	Rasmus Nyholm Schmidt, Biel Andrés
Production Company:	House of Real

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HotDocs
Wake-up Europe
Northern Lights
Women Deliver
Oslo Pix
Trondheim
Against Gravity
DokuFest Prizren
Nordisk Panorama
Best Nordic Doc Nomination
Arab Film Festival Faroe Islands
Best Feature Nomination
Fondazione Adolfo Pini
Festival des Libertés
Arctic Heat

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