American Fugitive: The Truth About Hassan (2006)
- Directed by
- Jean-Daniel Lafond
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 52 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows a Canadian filmmaker who travels to Iran to interview an American political activist in exile. The activist has confessed to killing a former Iranian diplomat in 1980. The film explores his life and reasons for his actions.
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What happens
American Fugitive: The Truth About Hassan is a film, directed by Jean-Daniel Lafond, about an exiled American political activist named Dawud Salahuddin (also known as David Belfield and Hassan Abdulrahman). Belfield has confessed to assassinating a former Iranian diplomat, who supported the shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in 1980. Belfield unexpectedly appeared playing an exiled American political activist in the 2001 film Kandahar. Lafond then traveled to Iran to film the documentary about him. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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