The Amina Profile

Deraspe, Sophie, (film director.). Couture, Isabelle, (film producer.). Cloutier, Nathalie, (film producer.). Latulippe, Hugo, (film producer.). St-Cyr, Michel, (film producer.). Villeneuve, Guy, (film producer.). Loumède, Colette, (film producer.). Esperamos Films (Montreal), (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: 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.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (86 min., 00 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2015.
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

General Note:	Agency:.Produced by Esperamos Films in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada. Agency - French program:.Québec Studio.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Available to subscribers only.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Writer, Sophie Deraspe ; director, Sophie Deraspe ; editing, Geoffrey Boulangé, Sophie Deraspe ; camera, Sophie Deraspe ; original music, Sam Shalabi ; sound, Frédéric Cloutier ; producer, Isabelle Couture, Nathalie Cloutier ; executive producer, Hugo Latulippe, Michel St-Cyr, Guy Villeneuve, Colette Loumède ; research, Sophie Deraspe ; re-recording, Luc Boudrias ; foley artist, Nicolas Gagnon.
Participant or Performer Note:	Participation, 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, Daniel Nassar, Danny O'Brien, Elizabeth Tsurkov ; actor, Nilay Olçay.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2015.
Target Audience Note:	15-18.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards Note:	Best Documentary: Society, 2016 Best Work in the Lifelong Learning category, 2016 Grand Prix Japan Prize, 2016 Special Jury Prize for Canadian Feature, 2015 Best Documentary, 2015 Best Documentary Feature, 2015 Best Documentary, 2015
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).