Wenn Gott schläft (2017)

Title: When God Sleeps

Original Title: Wenn Gott schläft

Release Date: 2017-04-20

Status: Released

Rating: 6/10 (from 9 votes)

Language: DE

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

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.