A Jihad for Love

Covering more than half a dozen countries, Sharma stretches himself too thin, and as a result the documentary seems sketchy; he would have done well to present on-screen some of the background information in his production notes.

For all the research, courage and passion that went into it, the movie is sometimes curiously one-note.

[Director Sharma's] focus on religion and this particular religion's all but certain hostility to same-sex love means there can be no answers to the spiritual searching of many of his characters.

director Parvez Sharma sets out across the world to find out what it means to be gay and Muslim. In most cases, it means trouble.