Investigating Paradise

2018 • Directed by

Merzak Allouache

Documentary

Investigating the idea of paradise in the muslim world.

Young Algerian journalist Nedjma is investigating Islamic accounts of paradise. She is particularly interested in the descriptions used by Salafi preachers to recruit young Algerian men as jihadists. She and her colleague Mustapha find a number of disturbing, richly embellished video sermons and decide to explore the phenomenon in more detail.