2010 | Color | 90 min Shot in Yemen and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, this film follows the story of two men whose fateful encounter in 1996 led them to Osama Bin Laden, on September 11th, 2001, to the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center, and to the Supreme Court in the United States: Abu Jandal, Osama Bin Laden’s bodyguard; and Salim Hamdan, detainee at Guantanamo, and the first man to be subjected to the controversial military trials for crimes of war. Country: Estados Unidos Direction: Poitras; Laura Production: Menschel; David, Poitras; Laura Photography: Johnson; Kirsten, Poitras; Laura Music: Golijov; Osvaldo Participation year at FICM: 2010
2010 | Color | 90 min Shot in Yemen and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, this film follows the story of two men whose fateful encounter in 1996 led them to Osama Bin Laden, on September 11th, 2001, to the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center, and to the Supreme Court in the United States: Abu Jandal, Osama Bin Laden’s bodyguard; and Salim Hamdan, detainee at Guantanamo, and the first man to be subjected to the controversial military trials for crimes of war. Country: Estados Unidos Direction: Poitras; Laura Production: Menschel; David, Poitras; Laura Photography: Johnson; Kirsten, Poitras; Laura Music: Golijov; Osvaldo Participation year at FICM: 2010
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