The Road to Guantanamo

original title:
The Road to Guantanamo
country / year of production:
Great Britain / 2006
original length:
color
premiere:
14 February 2006, Berlinale
genre:
melodrama
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director:
Michael Winterbottom
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cast (role):
Steven Beckingham , Christopher Fosh , Mark Holden
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plot synopsis:
The film shows the destiny of three Muslim men from Great Britain who were arrested in the prison camp Guantanamo Bay for two years without charge. Interviews, authentic reports and fiction are combined to a political explosive movie, that tries to give a statement for the accomplishment of the human rights.
keywords:
made-for-TV film , captivity , prisoner camps , torture , authenticity , media
war:
"War against Terrorism"
literature:
David Rose: Guantanamo Bay - Amerikas Krieg gegen die Menschenrechte. Fischer, Frankfurt, 2004.

James Pastouna, Knut Ipsen (u.a.): Guantanamo Bay - Gefangen im rechtsfreien Raum. Europäische Verlagsanstalt, 2005.
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