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.
- Data de estreia
- 7 de março de 2009
- País de origem
- Ainda indisponível
Elenco
- Ali Ansari como Self - Professor of Iranian History St. Andrews University
- Lisa Appignanesi como Self - Friend & Writer
- Sher Azam como Self - Bradford Council of Mosques
- Shrabani Basu como Self - Journalist
- Nick Browne como Self - Chargé d'Affairs British Embassy, Tehran
- Inayat Bunglawala como Self - Muslim student activity
- Michael Burton como Self - Assistant Under-Secretary Foreign Office
- Derek Chapman como Self - Photographer Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Roger Cooper como Self
Equipe
- Tony Blair · Imagens de arquivo
- Janice Sutherland · Diretor(a)
- Janice Sutherland · Produtor(a)
- Gareth Johnson · Editor(a)