My Brother the Islamist (2011)

57m
Running Time

April 5, 2011
Release Date

My Brother the Islamist (2011)

57m
Running Time

April 5, 2011
Release Date

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Filmmaker Robb Leech attempts to understand his stepbrother's journey from middle-class white boy in Weymouth to convicted terrorist. In 2010 Robb spent a year filming his stepbrother Rich after he turned his back on the world in which he grew up to become a fundamentalist Muslim called Salahuddin. Robb began filming with his stepbrother as he entered a strange new world where everyone talked about fighting jihad and implementing Sharia law. The result was Robb's acclaimed BBC Three documentary, My Brother the Islamist. When, in 2013, Salahuddin is convicted of preparing terrorism acts and jailed for six years, Robb is desperate to know what triggered his stepbrother, and others like him, to cross the line. Robb seeks out imam and psychologist Alyas Karmani to understand what drives young British-born men and women into radical jihadism. And he confronts Anjem Choudary, the man who converted Rich, about his role in Salahuddin's radicalisation

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Release Date
April 5, 2011

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Running Time
57m

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controversy
terrorism
islam

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My Brother the Islamist is a 2011 documentary produced and directed by film-maker Robb Leech. It charts his attempt to reconnect with his stepbrother, Richard Dart, who had in the summer of 2009 converted to Islam under Anjem Choudary, the leader of now proscribed Islamist group Islam4UK. Leech began filming with Dart just a few months after the conversion and continued up until the moment he left for his first Hajj, late in 2010. The film presents a rare insight into the world of Islamic fundamentalism, the young men caught up in it, and the devastating effect it has on families.

First aired on BBC Three in April 2011, My Brother the Islamist has since been broadcast across the world, in countries including Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand and the USA. The Metro described the film as "...an object lesson in objective filmmaking".

My Brother the Islamist was nominated for a number of awards, including: Best Newcomer Documentary - The Grierson Awards (2011), Best Single Documentary - Royal Television Society West awards (2011), Best Single doc - Televisual Bulldog Awards (2012), Best Documentary - Broadcast Awards (2012) (Highly Commended). The documentary also won Robb Leech Best Debut Director - Edinburgh Television Festival (2011).

A sequel titled My Brother the Terrorist was aired on BBC3 on 28 April 2014.

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