The Satanic Verses Affair (2009)
90 min
Twenty years ago, novelist Salman Rushdie was a wanted man with a million pound bounty on his head. His novel, The Satanic Verses, had sparked riots across the Muslim world. The ailing religious leader of Iran, the Ayatollah Khomeini, had invoked a little-known religious opinion - a fatwa - and effectively sentenced Rushdie to death. This film looks back on the extraordinary events which followed the publication of the book and the ten year campaign to get the fatwa lifted. Interviews with Rushdie's friends and family and testimony from leaders of Britain's Muslim community and the Government reveal the inside story of the affair.
- Release date
- March 7, 2009
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
Cast
- Ali Ansari as Self - Professor of Iranian History St. Andrews University
- Lisa Appignanesi as Self - Friend & Writer
- Sher Azam as Self - Bradford Council of Mosques
- Shrabani Basu as Self - Journalist
- Nick Browne as Self - Chargé d'Affairs British Embassy, Tehran
- Inayat Bunglawala as Self - Muslim student activity
- Michael Burton as Self - Assistant Under-Secretary Foreign Office
- Derek Chapman as Self - Photographer Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Roger Cooper as Self
Crew
- Tony Blair · Archive footage
- Janice Sutherland · Director
- Janice Sutherland · Producer
- Gareth Johnson · Editor