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Is this a drama feature film or a documentary


First of all, I like to express my deepest respect for the director for making this film.

But to me, it does not seem like a documentary.

While the issue is real, the facts in the film just do not make sense.

a) How did Banaz end up on Facebook, if she does not have a single friend there?
b) Banaz image and the girl in the CCTV footage do not appear to be the same person.
c) On what legal basis can Police just give out video footage meant for internal purposes, especially to ITV?
d) Why does Banaz' sister have a clearly British accent, while Banaz herself sounds like a foreigner?
e) Why does Banaz sister wear a Burka? Why can her face not be concealed by other means? Should this suggest that Banaz sister is a radical muslim?
f) As far as I am informed, circumcision of girls takes place in North East Africa.
I have never heard of female circumcisions among Kurds.
g) Who paid for that fancy gravestone?
h) How often does it happen that police make their way to a war zone, just to arrest two men? Was this politically motivated?
i) Did they really take that Helicopter all the way to Birmingham? Or was that just usual satellite footage?
j) It all seems like a happy ending. The bad guys get arrested and all is crystal clear.

Sorry to ask this questions. For ITV this seems fine, as a reality TV production.

Obviously it would be great if there were some improvements regarding this issue. Especially BEFORE someone gets murdered. Not when it is already too late.

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It's a docudrama.

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