Sheikh Jackson

Sheikh Jackson is a 2017 Egyptian drama film directed by Amr Salama.

It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.

[1] It was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

[2] An Islamic cleric who likes to dress as Michael Jackson is thrown into a tailspin in the wake of the singer's death.

In December 2017 in Egypt the film was referred to Al-Azhar University for investigation of blasphemy, despite it having been cleared by Egypt's censorship committee.