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The English Sheik and the Yemeni Gentleman (2000)
Directed by Bader Ben Hirsi
Documentary · 1h 16m
British-born filmmaker Bader Ben Hirsi, whose parents fled Yemen in the 1960s in the midst of a political revolution, tours his ancestral homeland with the help of one of the country's most eccentric immigrants -- an Englishman who's been living as a Yemeni in the ancient city of Sana'a for 16 years. Their journey is captured on camera by award-winning cinematographer Koutaiba Aljanabi (Jiyan).
Crew
- Director
- Bader Ben Hirsi
Details
- Release date
- 2000-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- Yemen, United Kingdom