Fri / Oct 22 / 21:30

Seyran Ateş: Sex, Revolution and Islam

DIRECTOR
Nefise Özkal Lorentzen

GENRE
Documentary

RUNTIME
81 Minutes

YEAR
2021

COUNTRY
Norway

LANGUAGES
English, German, Chinese, Norwegian, Turkish

SUBTITLES
English

SYNOPSIS

*In the presence of Tugay Sarac, LGBTQ+ coordinator of the Ibn Rushd-Goethe mosque

Seyran Ateş is a Turkish-German lawyer, feminist, and one of the first female imams in Europe and the central focus of this extraordinary documentary. As a young Muslim girl in Berlin, Seyran grew up experiencing Islamic repression. Since then, she has dedicated herself to reforming Islam, opening the first mosque with no gender segregation, and educating and empowering LGBTQ+ Muslim youth to embrace their sexuality. Her bold and provocative remarks have met with countless verbal attacks, death threats, and, as a result, police protection. This is the story of Seyran’s personal and ideological fight for the modernization of Islam, and her quest for change that takes her on a journey around the world. It is also a journey through Seyran’s life, from her humble beginnings as a young girl in Turkey’s slums to a female leader daring to challenge her own religion. 

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anders Hoft

EDITOR
Morten Haslerud

PRODUCER
Jørgen Lorentzen

MUSIC
Simon M. Valentine