Amidst a bit of controversy, Not Without My Daughter played again on campus during the weekend.

Some Muslim students were upset that the film continued to run because they believe it portrays Muslims and the Islam religion inaccurately.

The film stars Sally Field as Betty Mahmoody, a Michigan woman married to an Iranian. Her husband takes her to Iran, and once there tells her they are staying and her daughter will be raised a Muslim.

The story focuses on her struggle to escape Iran with her daughter. To get out of the country, she must travel across a desert, sleep in ramshakle huts and fight wind and sand.

"The movie is a good example of distorting and misrepresenting facts," said Abbas Aminmansour, an engineering instructor. Aminmansour, who is Iranian, has lived in the United States for 19 years.

For example, in one scene depicting a Friday prayer, the leader does not face the same direction as the group. Instead he faces the crowd, which is not how it's practiced, Aminmansour said.

Also, the movie implies that a woman will be killed for not wearing traditional Islamic dress. Islam requires that a woman cover herself, but will not kill her for not complying, Aminmansour added.

Arthur Goldschmidt, professor of Middle Eastern history, offered another point of view.

"There are a few things that I find hard to believe (in the movie), like a man hitting a woman in public," Goldschmidt said.

He added that it is important to consider that at the time of the film, Iran was at war with Iraq and had no relations with the United States. Things have changed since then, and it would not be as hard to leave the country, he explained.

"Also, every culture has its limitation of sorts," he said."Islam has evolved over time, like every other religion."

Some Muslim students complained about the film last week, said Carol Herman, co-movie manager of the Student Union Board, which sponsored the film. Although SUB sympathizes with the Muslim students, it had to play the movie because it was already paid for and it was losing money already, she said.

Muslim students handed out fliers during the Saturday showing of the movie, Herman said. The students told Herman of a more accurate documentary but did not show it.

"We told them they were more than welcome to show their documentary," Herman said. Penn State is the only university to face complaints and controversy about the film, which played nationwide at universities in April, she said.