In 1977 a film was released titled MOHAMMED, MESSENGER OF GOD. This evoked the wrath of the Hanafi Muslim sect, who assumed that it was going to depict the prophet on screen, an act considered blasphemous. While it was being shown in a Washington DC theater, the local city hall and two other buildings were entered by small bands of Hanfi gunmen. Protesting the showing of the film, they held more than 100 people hostage and caused one death over a two-day period. The Prophet was never physically depicted on the screen at all. The camera was the 'eyes' of the Prophet as all of the characters on screen addressed him as such.