Guantanamo bay is a bay in the south of the island of cuba. By early 2002, intelligence officials of the united states. Serbia 1 march 2007 belgrade film festival south korea 10 may 2007. The road to guantanamo, alternatively the road to guantanamo, is a british 2006 docudrama. A gutwrenching and riveting docudrama that serves as a stinging indictment of u.
Immediately after 911, asif iqbal arfan usman heads for rural pakistan to check out the bride arranged by his mother. German variant of public diplomacy politische offentlichkeitsarbeit accompanied the. This is a pretty good depiction of what might have happened to a number of people in the afghanistan action. Financial analysis of the road to guantanamo 2006 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. The terrifying firsthand account of three british citizens who were held for two years without charges in the american military prison at guantanamo bay, cuba.
Democratic republic of congo, iran, iraq, guantanamo and afghanistan. One of the most eagerly awaited films at this years berlin film festival, the road to guantanamo by british director michael winterbottom, is premiered in the german capital on wednesday. The road to guantanamo ist ein dokudrama uber drei britische haftlinge in guantanamo bay, kuba aus dem jahr 2006. The road to guantanamo 2006 cast and crew in september 2001 several british muslim friends go to pakistan to attend a wedding. The road to guantanamo trailer 2006 the road to guantanamo is a docudrama about the incarceration of three british detainees at a detainment camp in.
With riz ahmed, farhad harun, waqar siddiqui, arfan usman. Directed by michael winterbotton, mat whitecross and starring riz ahmed, ewan bailey, steven beckingham and george w. The road to guantanamo 2006 the movie database tmdb. The guantanamo bay detention camp is a controversial detainment and interrogation facility of the united states military located within guantanamo bay naval base cuba. They took control of it in 1903, under a treaty between the united states and cuba. The road to guantanamo 2006 r 03092006 us documentary, drama 1h 35m user score. Islamic courts union, yet alshabaab split from the union in 2007 following the. Judging from the attention it has already attracted here, the film looks set to reignite the whole debate about the guantanamo bay american detention camp. The road to guantanamo subtitles english 6 subtitles. Their epic journey is told through a mixture of interviews, archive and recreation of their story.
They decide to visit afghanistan, but they find kandahar under attack and flee to. Rent the road to guantanamo 2006 on dvd and bluray. As of now, as the film reminds us as the credits roll, guantanamo still holds 500 inmates, of whom just nine have been charged. Lindsey graham, a republican senator from south carolina, is right. Alsharia in derna, and is led by a former guantanamo detainee named abu. Part drama, part documentary, the road to guantanamo focuses on the tipton three, a trio of british muslims who were held in guantanamo bay for two years until they were released without charge. North america united states the world factbook central. Us naval base at guantanamo bay, cuba is leased by the us and is part of. History of the us marine corps in wwii vol v victory.
Detention camps are support structures available to the united states in c c generals. How far will we go in the name of security part drama, part documentary, the road to guantanamo focuses on the tipton three, a trio of british muslims who were held in guantanamo bay for two years until they were released without charge. Camp was built to house german prisoners of the japanese in world war i. The current government of cuba does not see this treaty as legal. The path to reform, center for a new american security. Its obviously a fairly onesided portrayal of events, especially once the detention parts start, and its doubtful that everything happened exactly as portrayed, but in a general sense, i think the movie got things right. German chancellor angela merkel said, an institution like guantanamo in its present. On the road to glacier point in yosemite national park one turns a corner and comes. Watch the movie trailer for the road to guantanamo 2006. They decide to visit afghanistan, but they find kandahar under. The road to guantanamo is the story of four friends who set off from the midlands in september 2001 for an innocent wedding and holiday in. Mixing filmed interviews with the actual tipton three shafiq rasul, ruhel ahmed, and asif iqbal with recreations of their experiences using unknown actors, the. This article unpacks the double rendering of the exception in carl schmitts work and argues that the conceptualisation of the exception in the nomos of the earth can help us understand the form of exception that is at work in the war on terror.
David rose on the road to guantanamo film the guardian. They say it violates international law more specifically, the vienna convention on the law of treaties of 1969. Newspaper archives are easily accessible and you can download new and old. The road to guantanamo 2006 is a documentary, drama movie starring riz ahmed and farhad harun. Known as the tipton three, in reference to their home town in britain, the three were eventually returned to britain and released, still having had no formal charges ever made against them at any time during their ordeal. Bushtony blair press conference at the white house. Usa considers murat kurnazs innocence to be proven, a german intelligence officer wrote that year in a memo to his colleagues.
Mexico 1 june 2007 limited poland 23 july 2007 era new horizons film festival bulgaria. The story of the tipton three, a cause that generated considerable outrage in the u. The privatization of warfare, violence and private military. The title may evoke the bing crosby and bob hope road movies of the 1940s, travelthemed musical comedies with a vaguely racist depiction of nonamericans, but the exotic journey embarked upon by the socalled tipton three was to take them into areas that were politically incorrect in. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies.
Bbc news entertainment guantanamo film reopens debate. German chemical corporation complicity in the kurdish genocide. The road to guantanamo 2006 michael winterbottom, mat. Evidence of innocence rejected at guantanamo the center. Upon the re lease of the germans, the camp was inactivated until it was. The road to guantanamo is the story of four friends who set off from the midlands in september 2001 for an innocent wedding and holiday in pakistan. The road to guantanamo hd movies free download 720p 1080p. Winner of the silver bear at the 2006 berlin film festival, the road to guantanamo, directed by michael winterbottom and mat whitecross, uses interviews, news footage, and reenactments to tell the story of the tipton three, young british men of pakistani descent who were detained for over two years without charges at guantanamo bay by the american military. The road to guantanamo 2006 cast and crew moviefone. The road to guantanamo 2006 in september 2001 several british muslim friends go to pakistan to attend a wedding.
By 2007, it is estimated that around 190,000 contractors were working in iraq. Murat kurnaz born 19 march 1982 is a turkish citizen and legal resident of germany who was held in extrajudicial detention by the united states at its military base in kandahar, afghanistan and in the guantanamo bay detention camp at guantanamo bay naval base, cuba beginning in december 2001. The road to guantanamo is a terrifying firsthand account of three young men, british nationals of muslim faith who were held for two years without charges in the american military prison at guantanamo bay, cuba. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the road to guantanamo near you. Six years ago this tuesday, president bush granted american armed forces sweeping authority to. Michael winterbottoms awardwinning docufiction is based on firsthand interviews with the tipton three, the three male british prisoners released in 2003 from guantanamo bay. The german federal police seem to have succumbed to the latter. The road to guantanamo is a terrifying firsthand account of three young men, british nationals of muslim faith who were held for two years without charges in the. Guantanamo bay naval base simple english wikipedia, the. The road to guantanamo 2006 official trailer, organic. Army troops whisked a german man from pakistan to the military prison at guantanamo bay, cuba, in 2002, his american captors concluded that he was not a terrorist. As argued, this aesthetic achievement is the product of new genre concepts such as the institutional novel german institutionenroman and verbatim theatre, which are applicable to both texts.
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