9 Days at Raqqa (2020)

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.

Released Oct. 16, 2020 88 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: imdb.cannes-2020, mdblist.has-trailer, soundmix.dolby, aspectratio.1-85-1, release.blu-ray, release.dvd

Production Companies: Aloest Productions

Country: France
Production Country: France
Languages: Kurdish, English, Arabic, French