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| Directed by Sophie Deraspe |
| Canada, 2015 (documentary, 86 minutes, colour, French) |
| Also known as "The Amina Profile" |
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| Image: © National Film Board of Canada |
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Film Description: "Amina Arraf, a pretty Syrian-American revolutionary who's having an online affair with Montrealer Sandra Bagaria, launches the provocatively named blog A Gay Girl in Damascus. As the Syrian uprising gains momentum, the blog attracts a huge following. But it's Amina's subsequent abduction that sparks an international outcry to free her. Telling a detective story that involves various intelligence agencies and top-tier global media, the film travels from San Francisco and Washington to Istanbul, Tel Aviv and Beirut to meet the key players in this quest to reveal the real Amina. This thoroughly modern tale of technology, love and news-as-spectacle questions the ways in which people connect in today's virtual world. The Amina Profile is part love story, part international thriller, and a gripping chronicle of an unprecedented media and sociological hoax." -- National Film Board of Canada (source) |
| Film Credits (partial): | |
| Written by: | Sophie Deraspe |
| Produced by: | Isabelle Couture, Nathalie Cloutier, Jean-Philippe Massicotte, Hugo Latulippe, Michel St-Cyr, Guy Villeneuve, Colette Loumède |
| Principal Cast: | Nilay Olçay |
| Participants: | Sandra Bagaria, Ali Abunimah, Fady Atallah, Andy Carvin, Nathalie Claude, Benjamin J. Doherty, Liz Henry, Irem Köker, Thomas J. MacMaster, Elsa Miquel, Rami Nakhla, Leila Nahas, Danny O'Brien, Elizabeth Tsurkov, Ahmed Danny Ramadan |
| Cinematography: | Sophie Deraspe |
| Film Editing: | Geoffrey Boulangé, Sophie Deraspe |
| Music: | Sam Shalabi |
| Production Company: | Esperamos Films, Office national du film du Canada / National Film Board of Canada |
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