(HEZBOLLAH, THE BANNED INVESTIGATION
Cassandra or the prophecy of chaos – LEBANON)
152 min – 2023
Réalisation : Jérôme FRITEL (France) and Sofia AMARA (France, Morocco)
Production : Magneto (France)
In 2008, the US federal agency responsible for combating drug trafficking (DEA) opened an investigation into Hezbollah: “Project Cassandra”. This three-part series digs deep into the history of the “Party of God” and its illegal activities that generate up to $1 billion a year. This is the first episode of the series that we have chosen to show.
Jérôme FRITEL was a major reporter for twenty-five years, first for the written press, then for television. He is the author of several award-winning investigative documentaries including: HSBC: the gangsters of finance and Daesh: birth of a terrorist state.
Sofia AMARA, a Franco-Moroccan journalist and director specializing in the Middle East, has covered major events such as the Palestinian Intifada. Based in Beirut, she collaborates with several media and published Infiltrated in Syrian Hell (Stock).