Manufacturing the Threat is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Amy Miller and released in 2023.Marco Fortier, "Quand la police «produit la menace» au nom de la sécurité". Le Devoir, August 24, 2023. The film centres on the case of John Nuttall and Amanda Korody, a couple from Surrey, British Columbia, who, after converting to Islam, were coerced by undercover Royal Canadian Mounted Police agents into participating in a fake terrorist plot concocted solely to entrap them in a crime.
Nuttall and Korody spent three years in prison before being cleared by the British Columbia Supreme Court in 2016,Ed Janzen, "Can’t find a terrorist suspect? Just make one". Canadian Dimension, September 25, 2024. and subsequently launched a lawsuit against the RCMP in 2022.Rafferty Baker, "Couple accused in 2013 plot to plant bombs at B.C. Legislature sue police". CBC News British Columbia, August 30, 2022.
The film premiered at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival in May 2023.Adrian Mack, "At DOXA, Manufacturing the Threat unravels a problematic chapter in the name of national security". Stir, April 28, 2023.
Awards Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Prix Iris December 8, 2024 Most Successful Film Outside Quebec Amy Miller Éric Lavallée, "Prix Iris 2024: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person Leads “Quebec Oscars” Noms". Ioncinema, October 9, 2024.
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