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WHEN GOD SLEEPS

SYNOPSIS

This rap-punk-rock documentary tells the story of Iranian musician Shahin Najafi who is forced into hiding after hardline clerics issue a fatwa for his death, incensed by a rap song that focuses on the oppression of women and human rights abuses. Shahin's frantic escape leads to an impossible romance when he falls in love with the granddaughter of the first Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Their backgrounds make their relationship a modern-day Romeo and Juliet.

CREDITS

Director/Writer: Till Schauder


Producer: Sara Nodjoumi


Executive Producers: Christopher Clements, Bonni Cohen, Abigail Disney, Sally Jo Fifer, Julie Goldman, Gini Reticker


Supervising Producer: Michael Ehrenzweig


Editor: Tina Grapenthin

WHERE TO WATCH

FESTIVAL PREMIERE

& AWARDS

2017 Tribeca Film Festival Premiere

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