The Perfect Story (2022)
- Directed by
- Michelle Shephard
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- 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
A journalist revisits a decade-old story about a Somali man who lost a hand and foot to militants. She discovers he lied about key parts of his account, forcing her to reckon with the ethics of her original coverage.
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What happens
The Perfect Story is a 2022 Canadian documentary film directed by Michelle Shephard. The film revisits Shephard's 2010 news story about Ismael Abdulle, a young Somali man whose hand and foot were amputated by Al-Shabaab militants. Her initial reportage sparked a campaign to get him transported to another country as a refugee. However, the documentary explores the ethical dilemmas Shephard faced when Abdulle later admitted he had lied about key details of the incident, revealing he was guilty of armed robbery just as Al-Shabaab had claimed, in contrast to his previous claims that the amputation was punishment for refusing the join the group. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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