A Muslim filmmaker in the midst of faith crisis visits a monastery in Japan where a Buddhist sect lives in isolation. There he faces the conflict between spirituality and worldliness.
Ahsen Nadeem, a Muslim filmmaker in the midst of a faith crisis, embarks on a journey in search of answers to a monastery in Japan where a Buddhist sect lives in isolation. He soon realises that the monks who practice acts of extreme physical hardship on their path to enlightenment are unable to resolve his doubts. The only monk who agrees to talk to him confesses that he prefers to eat ice-cream and listen to heavy metal music rather than meditate, and a unique friendship develops between them. Through their conversations, the two try to discover some existential truths and appease some worldly conflicts. Shot over five years in three different continents, Crows Are White is a humorous exploration of the conflict between spirituality and lust, between faith and love.
