The Face of Anonymous | |
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Genre | Documentary |
Written by | Gary Lang |
Directed by | Gary Lang |
Music by | Ken Myhr |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Ed Barreveld |
Cinematography | José Manuel Gálvez Araiza Patrick McGowan |
Editor | Rob Ruzic |
Running time | 87 minutes |
Production company | Storyline Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | Hot Docs |
Release | April 29, 2021 |
Network | TVOntario Knowledge Network |
Release | May 25, 2021 |
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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]
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]