The Amina Profile
| The Amina Profile | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Sophie Deraspe |
| Produced by |
Isabelle Couture Nathalie Cloutier |
| Starring | Sandra Bagaria |
Production company |
National Film Board Esperamos |
Release dates |
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Running time | 84 min. |
| Country | Canada |
| Language |
English French Arabic |
The Amina Profile (French: Le profil Amina) is a Canadian documentary film which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and is competing in the World Cinema category. Directed by Sophie Deraspe and coproduced by Esperamos and the National Film Board, the film centres on Sandra Bagaria, a Montreal woman who was in an online relationship with blogger Amina Abdallah Arraf al Omari, and became involved in the international attempt to rescue Arraf after her purported abduction, only for the truth to arise afterwards that the blog was a hoax created by American Tom MacMaster, and that Amina had never really existed.[1][2]
References
- ↑ "'Gay Girl In Damascus:' A Personal Friend Sifts Through What's Real". NPR, June 9, 2011.
- ↑ Kenigsberg, Ben (25 January 2015). "Sundance Film Review: ‘The Amina Profile’". Variety. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
External links
- The Amina Profile at the Internet Movie Database
- Official website
- The Amina Profile at the Sundance Institute