Movies: Sharia law

  • 2004
    Osama

    Osama (2004)

    Osama

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    After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a preteen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother....

    Osama
  • 2015
    Taxi

    Taxi (2015)

    Taxi

    7.02015HD

    A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. ...

    Taxi
  • 2014
    Timbuktu

    Timbuktu (2014)

    Timbuktu

    6.92014HD

    Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fisherman....

    Timbuktu
  • 2023
    Broken Keys

    Broken Keys (2023)

    Broken Keys

    8.52023HD

    In a war-torn Middle Eastern city where music has been banned by Islamic extremists, Karim, a brilliant musician, struggles to rebuild his destroyed piano while trying to escape to Europe....

    Broken Keys
  • 2018
    Death and the Judge

    Death and the Judge (2018)

    Death and the Judge

    72018HD

    The documentary, " Death and the Judge", revolves around Iran's most famous criminal judge, Azizmohammadi. He served as a criminal judge for 45 years and issued about 4500 death sentences; a record in not only Iran, but also the world. This documenta...

    Death and the Judge
  • 2006
    Execution of a Teenage Girl

    Execution of a Teenage Girl (2006)

    Execution of a Teenage Girl

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    On 15 August 2004, a 16-year-old girl was hanged in a public square in Neka, a small Iranian town by the Caspian Sea. Atefeh Sahaaleh's death sentence was for "crimes against chastity". Despite Iran being a signatory to an international convention th...

    Execution of a Teenage Girl
  • 2022
    Under Taliban Law

    Under Taliban Law (2022)

    Under Taliban Law

    8.32022HD

    On August 15, 2021, Afghanistan descends into chaos. In one day, the completion of the withdrawal of Western forces precipitated the debacle of the regime in place: the army vanished, the leaders fled and the Taliban took Kabul without a fight. The g...

    Under Taliban Law