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Release Date:
January 7, 2009
Original Title:
Journey to Mecca
Genres:
Drama | History
Production Companies:
Cosmic Picture
Desert Door Productions
Dounia Productions
Eagle Vision Media Group
SK Films
Production Countries:
Canada | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 45
The 20 year old Muslim religious law student Ibn Battuta (1304–1368), whose full name was Abu Abdullah Muhammed Ibn Abdullah Al Lawati Al Tanji Ibn Battuta, set out from Tangier, a city in northern Morocco, in 1325, on a pilgrimage to Mecca, some 3,000 miles (over 4,800 km) to the East. The journey took him 18 months to complete and along the way he met with misfortune and adversity, including attack by bandits, rescue by Bedouins, fierce sand storms and dehydration.
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Art Direction:
Philip Murphy
Casting:
Kate Dowd
Ahmed Boulane
Costume Design:
Emma Bellocq
Director:
Bruce Neibaur
Director of Photography:
Matthew Williams
Hair Setup:
Hicham Sahi
Makeup Artist:
Amina El Halhouli
Original Music Composer:
Michael Brook
Producer:
Dominic Cunningham-Reid
Taran Davies
Jonathan Barker
Production Design:
Mike Fowlie
Script Supervisor:
Charles Jodoin-Keaton
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