Who was Hasna Aït Boulahcen? After the November 2015 Paris bombings, she was labelled “Europe’s first female suicide bomber.”
Journalists swarmed around her story, trying to extract details about the mysterious young woman who lived on the outskirts of Paris. In this Spike Lee and Spike Jonze executive-produced drama, director Dina Amer pieces together Hasna’s story from over 300 hours of interviews, from a little girl protecting her younger sister from an abusive home to a young woman who finds herself trying her best to survive on the streets.
This nuanced drama shows what happens when society fails to protect a child, and how discrimination, poverty, and abuse facing young people can allow radicalisation to plant roots and grow, with devastating impact on the wider community.
This rental includes a pre-recoreded ScreenTalk with filmmaker Dina Amer and Letta Tayler, Associate Director, Crisis and Conflict, HRW.
France/Egypt/US 2021 Dir Dina Amer 90 min
In French and Arabic with English subtitles
LC = Locally classified
This film contains scenes of strong threat, violence and abuse, domestic and sexual violence, sex work, strong language and drug use which viewers may find distressing.
Available to watch on the Human Rights Watch Film Festival streaming platform from Thu 17 Mar at 12:01am, to Fri 25 March at 11:59pm.
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