''My Brother the Islamist'' is a 2011 documentary produced and directed by film-maker

Robb Leech Robb Leech is a British documentary filmmaker and former tree surgeon. His stepbrother, Richard Dart, converted to an extreme form of Islam in 2009 and later became a convicted terrorist. Leech made two films charting Dart's conversion and lat ...

. It charts his attempt to reconnect with his

stepbrother Step-siblings are children born of two different families who have been joined by marriage, A male step-sibling is a stepbrother and a female is a stepsister. The step-siblings relationship is connected through law and is not a blood relation. ...

, Richard Dart, who had in the summer of 2009 converted to Islam under Anjem Choudary, the leader of now proscribed Islamist group

Islam4UK Islam4UK was a radical Islamist group that operated in the United Kingdom. The group was proscribed as a terrorist organisation under the UK's counter terrorism laws on 14 January 2010.Hajj The Hajj (; ar, حَجّ '; sometimes also spelled Hadj, Hadji or Haj in English) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried ...

, late in 2010. The film presents a rare insight into the world of

Islamic fundamentalism Islamic fundamentalism has been defined as a puritanical, revivalist, and reform movement of Muslims who aim to return to the founding scriptures of Islam. Islamic fundamentalists are of the view that Muslim-majority countries should return t ...

, the young men caught up in it, and the devastating effect it has on families. First aired on

BBC Three BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, curre ...

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 The Grierson Awards are awards set up by The Grierson Trust to recognise innovative and exciting documentary films, created to commemorate the life and work of the pioneering Scottish documentary filmmaker John Grierson. The inaugural Awards w ...

(2011), ''Best Single Documentary'' -

Royal Television Society The Royal Television Society (RTS) is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present, and future. It is the oldest television society in the world. It currently has fourteen r ...

West awards (2011), ''Best Single doc'' - Televisual Bulldog Awards (2012), ''Best Documentary'' -

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(2012) (''Highly Commended''). The documentary also won Robb Leech ''Best Debut Director'' -

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(2011). A sequel titled ''

My Brother the Terrorist My or MY may refer to: Arts and entertainment * My (radio station), a Malaysian radio station * Little My, a fictional character in the Moomins universe * ''My'' (album), by Edyta Górniak * ''My'' (EP), by Cho Mi-yeon Business * Mar ...

'' was aired on BBC3 on 28 April 2014.

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* British documentary films 2011 documentary films 2011 television films 2011 films Documentary films about jihadism 2010s British films {{UK-documentary-film-stub

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