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The Face of Anonymous

Canadian documentary film

The Face of Anonymous is a Canadian documentary television film, directed by Gary Lang and released in 2021.[1] The film is a portrait of Christopher "Commander X" Doyon, a senior figure in the computer hacktivist collective Anonymous who spent several years living on the streets of Toronto as a homeless person after fleeing the United States due to criminal prosecution.[2]

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The film premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on April 29, 2021,[3] in advance of its television broadcast on May 25 on TVOntario. A few weeks after the film's broadcast, Doyon was extradited from Mexico, where he was residing at the time, back to the United States to face prosecution.[4][5]

The film was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Documentary Program at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Jillian Morgan, "Exclusive clip: Ian Thornton, Gary Lang talk Hot Docs feature 'The Face of Anonymous'". RealScreen, April 28, 2021.
  2. [2]
    Courtney Small, "The Face of Anonymous Review: The Complexity of Online Activism". Point of View, April 29, 2021.
  3. [3]
    David Friend, "‘Face of Anonymous’ director on making sure he wasn’t being catfished by Commander X". Toronto Star, April 26, 2021.
  4. [4]
    Kartikay Mehrotra, "Notorious ‘Anonymous’ Hacker Nabbed in Mexico, Deported to U.S.". Bloomberg News (subscription required), June 14, 2021.
  5. [5]
    Kartikay Mehrotra, "Notorious ‘Anonymous’ Hacker Nabbed in Mexico, Deported to U.S." Yahoo News, June 14, 2021.
  6. [6]
    Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.


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