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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ellie Harrison

Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia was on US watch list for a decade after he was reported by limo driver

British film director Asif Kapadia, who won an Oscar for his 2015 Amy Winehouse documentary, has revealed that he spent a decade on a US “watch list” after a taxi driver reported him to the authorities.

Kapadia, 52, is back with a new sci-fi film 2073, and in an interview to promote the film he spoke about being profiled back in the 2000s, after 9/11, while travelling home to the UK from New York.

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