When God Sleeps - MovieDB Browser

2017 6.0 (9 votes) 1h 28m

Genres

Music Documentary

Production Companies

ITVS
Catapult Film Fund
Motto Pictures
Fork Films
Independent Film Producers (IFP)
Sundance Institute
WDR
Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
Partner Pictures

When God Sleeps (Wenn Gott schläft)

Overview

Iranian musician Shahin Najafi flees his homeland and heads to Cologne, Germany after harsh criticism by several clerics over the release of his song speaking out against human rights abuses resulted in a fatwa being issued.