A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile (2015)

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Country: Canada
Genres: Documentary
Release: 2015-01-24 (Sundance Film Festival), 2015-03-24 (London LGBT Film Festival), 2015-04-10 (Dallas International Film Festival), 2015-04-11 (Wisconsin Film Festival), 2015-04-23 (Independent Film Festival Boston), 2015-04-25 (Hot Docs), 2015-04-26 (Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival), 2015-05-08 (Docs Against Gravity Film Festival), 2015-05-08 (Maryland Film Festival), 2015-05-27 (Toronto LGBT Film Festival), 2015-06-13 (Biografilm Festival), 2015-06-24 (Frameline Film Festival), 2015-07-24 (USA)
Director: Sophie Deraspe
Writers: Sophie Deraspe
Language: English | French | Arabic
Stars: N/A
Runtime: 84 min
Awards: 8 wins & 14 nominations
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Plot: When well-known Syrian blogger Amina Arraf - purportedly kidnapped by local authorities during the Arab Spring - was revealed to be an elaborate hoax persona, an entire international community realized it had been catfished. But the betrayal cut deepest for Canadian activist Sandra Bagaria, who had been involved in an online relationship with Amina. Playing out like a detective story, A GAY GIRL IN DAMASCUS reconstructs this astounding tale of global deceit from Sandra's perspective. As she crosses the globe in search of answers, questioning journalists, activists, and intelligence agencies, she prepares for a face-to-face confrontation with Amina's true creator.
IMDB:tt4370926