Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows

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Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows
French Dans l'ombre du Star Wars Kid
Directed byMathieu Fournier
Written byMathieu Fournier
Jonathan Trudel
Produced byAnnie Bourdeau
Pierre-Mathieu Fortin
Starring Ghyslain Raza
CinematographyAlexandre Fréchette
Marc Warden
Edited byCarmen-Mélanie Pépin
Production
company
Release date
  • March 30, 2022 (2022-03-30)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows (French : Dans l'ombre du Star Wars Kid) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Mathieu Fournier and released in 2022. [1] The film explores the concept of the digital shadow, or the traces of a person's past internet activity that can be recovered to follow them around for years or even decades later, through revisiting the story of Ghyslain Raza, a Canadian man who unwittingly became one of the first-ever viral videos as the "Star Wars Kid". [2]

The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024. [3]

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