Movie Reviews of films that will be playing at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in 2017. Go to TIFF 2017 Movie Reviews and read reviews of films showing at the festival.
An Islamic cleric has a crisis of faith when he hears the news that his childhood idol, Michael Jackson, has died.
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Basma, Amina Khalil, Ahmad El-Fishawi
Sheikh Jackson is the nickname given to Sheikh as a kid for loving the pop idol Michael Jackson.
The film concentrates on Sheikh as a grown man, now a devout imam (Ahmad Alfishawy) who tends to be praying all the time and demanding devout behaviour of his children, just as his father (Maged El Kedwany), shown in flashback demanded of him.
Didn’t Sheikh learn from his father’s mistakes? Sheikh is also upset that he cannot cry while praying and sees a…
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