BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Clarissa Mora The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

musaferewaqt An informative video. perfect for newbies who have no idea about mecca and great for those who may have some knowledge. Good perspective for someone who may not be muslim.

user-15-505045 Inside Mecca tells the story of 3 Muslims making their pilgrimage to Mecca, called Hajj, and is one of the 5 pillars of Islam. The movie is shot in documentary style and shows how traveling to Mecca is not as easy as you may have expected. The movie follows 3 people on their journey to Mecca, Ismail Mahbob, Khalil Mandhlazi and Fidelma O'Leary. Because there are over 1.7 billion Muslims in the world and all of them have to make this journey to mecca there needs to be a lot of planning involved in making the trip happen. You must book a time to go weeks or even months in advance. Something I found interesting with the film is that the American women, Fidelma O'Leary, was going by herself on the trip she would need permission from her husband. But because she was divorced, she needed permission from her only son to travel to Mecca. I was surprised that they weren't asked to stop recording more because I thought the administrators would not have wanted them to film there. I think this film does an excellent job of showing the difficulties of making the pilgrimage but also how important it is to make it.

shuenshuentan Mecca is the birthplace of Muhammad as well as the Quran, making it the holiest city in the religion of Islam. Inside Mecca takes us on the amazing journey of the Hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca through the views of three different Muslims from very different backgrounds on the largest annual gathering of the Muslims in the world. Because I didn't know much about the religion before watching the movie, it has definitely taught me a lot about Islam and I really liked how we were able to experience the pilgrimage through not just one person's point of view, but three. This showed me how many different people could bond through the gathering, not needing to have much commonality between each other. Even at times it wasn't very interesting, the overall movie was informative and I really enjoyed it.

naurimas-1 This documentary made by National Geographic is interesting, true to life and informative. The plot is based on the stories of 3 people traveling to Mecca to perform hajj. Preparations, troubles and religious insights of the Muslim professor from the States, black journalist from South Africa, and the businessman from Indonesia are disclosed during their journey to Mecca and their actions in Mecca. It was interesting to find some facts about the city, religious rituals. Racial problem. In one episode the black man even in Mecca suffers because of his color in Mecca in the tent of his countrymen, therefore he decides to leave it. Also it was interesting to see satellite photos, religious Western paintings associated with famous religious figures associated with Mecca, also comments by the religious which were used in this movie.