Muezzin
Director Sebastian Brameshuber
Countries Austria, Turkey
Duration 90 min
Synopsis
Since the time of the Prophet Mohammed, faithful Muslims have heeded the muezzin’s call to prayer five times a day. A more recent phenomenon is the Turkish call to prayer contests. Each year the country’s muezzins compete, and their powerful expressivity proves that muezzins are a special kind of artists. "MUEZZIN" follows the dramatic progress of the competition and investigates the phenomenon of individuality within Islamic culture.
Since the time of the Prophet Mohammed, faithful Muslims have heeded the muezzin’s call to prayer five times a day. A more recent phenomenon is the Turkish call to prayer contests. Each year the country’s muezzins compete, and their powerful expressivity proves that muezzins are a special kind of artists. "MUEZZIN" follows the dramatic progress of the competition and investigates the phenomenon of individuality within Islamic culture.