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