Sex, politics rife in Berlin fest Panorama

January 24, 2008 Sex, politics and rock 'n' roll are the themes running through this year's Panorama, the Berlin International Film Festival's main sidebar. Parvez Sharma's "A Jihad For Love," which will open Panorama's documentary section, Dokumente, looks at the conflict between sexuality and religion by examining the lives of devout Muslims who are homosexual. Sexual politics are at the core of several Dokumente entries including Dondu Kilic's "The Other Istanbul," "Suddenly, Last Winter" from Italian directors Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi, Jochen Hick's "East/West" and "Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians" by Berlin's own Rosa von Praunheim.

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