King of South Shields
Short film Completed 2008
Director
Tina Gharavi
Doc Society helped with
Production
Runtime: 24 minutes
In 1977, the boxer Muhammad Ali travelled to the North East of England and was married in a mosque in South Shields. This film examines how this event affected the sense of identity of young British Muslim men and women who were present.
Crew
Tina Gharavi
Director
Born in Tehran, Iran, Tina Gharavi is an award-winning filmmaker, artist, and academic trained in the US and France. Her work has been broadcast internationally and she is noted for innovative cross-platform work on migration as well as issues related to equality and diversity.
Previous films: Closer, Mother/Country, A Town Like Lackawanna
