Synopsis
Leila Mustapha is Kurdish and Syrian. Her battle was Raqqa, the former capital of the Islamic State with 300,000 inhabitants, reduced to a field of ruin after the war. An engineer by training, mayor at just 30, immersed in a world of men, her mission is to rebuild her city, to reconcile, and to establish democracy there. An extraordinary mission. A French writer crosses Iraq and Syria to meet her. In this still dangerous city, she has 9 days to live with Leila and tell her story in a book.
9 Days at Raqqa (2020) is a 1h 28min documentary feature film by Xavier de Lauzanne. Leila Mustapha is Kurdish and Syrian. Selected for Bolton International Film Festival (2020).
Key facts
Original language
English
First release
October 16, 2020
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Festival History
- Lumiere Awards 2022 generic
- It's All True - International Documentary Festival 2021 generic
- Bolton International Film Festival 2020
- Cannes Film Festival 2020 generic
- Rome Film Festival 2020 generic
Identifiers & sources
| IMDb | tt12444432 |
| TMDB | 712146 |
