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Summary Afghanistan 2002: Taken from his home, Gamel Sadek, a Muslim schoolteacher is delivered to a CIA black site and accused of involvement in 9/11. Despite insisting the accusations are false, Gamel is chained, hooded, and sent on a cargo plane to Guantanamo Bay. John Anderson, a military interrogator, is brought out of retirement and assign...

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Summary Afghanistan 2002: Taken from his home, Gamel Sadek, a Muslim schoolteacher is delivered to a CIA black site and accused of involvement in 9/11. Despite insisting the accusations are false, Gamel is chained, hooded, and sent on a cargo plane to Guantanamo Bay. John Anderson, a military interrogator, is brought out of retirement and assign...

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The two leads work well. Sammy Sheik has a nice gravity and foxy wits as Gamel. As Gamel’s interrogator, Eric Pierpoint exudes a humanity and weary concern around the judicial mutilation he is tasked with managing.

You’ve got to have more than good intentions and a grasp of how to do things on the cheap . . . to justify making a movie that’s already been made and a story that others have already told.

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Production Company Cinema Libre Diversity, Duna Media, Pasaca Entertainment, Cinema Libre Studio, I Am Gitmo Production

Release Date Apr 26, 2024

Duration 1 h 55 m

Marbella Film Festival

• 1 Win & 3 Nominations