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Parvez Sharma is 26 years old, born January 1, 2000 in India · Capricorn.
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Parvez Sharma is an Indian filmmaker, author, and journalist based in New York who has documented LGBTQ+ Muslim lives through groundbreaking documentaries. Born in 2000, he received the 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship in film/video and the 2009 GLAAD Media Award for his debut film A Jihad for Love, the world's first documentary centering gay and lesbian Muslims. His 2015 film A Sinner in Mecca premiered at Hot Docs and became a New York Times Critics' Pick. As a Capricorn, Sharma continues to create work centered on religious tolerance and human rights despite facing ongoing threats.
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Parvez Sharma is an Indian filmmaker, author, and journalist based in New York. Born on January 1, 2000, he holds Indian citizenship. Sharma is best known for his documentary A Jihad for Love, the world's first film documenting the lives of gay and lesbian Muslims, which earned him the 2009 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary and several international awards. His 2015 film A Sinner in Mecca premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and was named a New York Times Critics' Pick. He also published a 2017 book titled A Sinner in Mecca: A Gay Muslim's Hajj of Defiance. In 2016, Amnesty International named him a human rights defender at a ceremony in the Hague, Netherlands, honoring worldwide human rights activists. Sharma received the 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship in the film/video category, selected among 173 fellows from 3,000 applicants in the fellowship's 94th year. As a writer and filmmaker, Sharma's work spans documentary and journalism. The New York Times has profiled him extensively, describing him as a filmmaker whose work enlightens audiences while noting that "nothing in his difficult processes -- including the threats to himself -- have destroyed Mr. Sharma's faith in the ability of Islam to tolerate diversity". Born under Capricorn, he continues producing work addressing religious tolerance and LGBTQ+ representation.
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