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I am Gitmo: Film and Discussion
January 11, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm
I AM GITMO – 5:00-6:30 PST an online film premiere preview and panel discussion (90 minutes) TUNE IN HERE:
- Michael Rapkin (attorney),
- Jon Krampner (Close Guantanamo Los Angeles)
- John Kiriakou (former CIA analyst)
- and I Am Gitmo writer/director (& co-founder Cinema Libre Studio) Philippe Diaz
I AM GITMO – a narrative feature film about a Muslim school teacher who is accused of involvement in 9/11 and transported to Guantanamo Bay. Based on true events, although not the story of a specific prisoner, the film is unrated with graphic scenes of realistic torture.
>> Following this segment, there will be an intermission from 6:30pm PST to 7:00pm PST.
GUANTANAMO DIARY REVISITED – 7:00-8:30 PST Sneak Preview of the documentary, “Guantanamo Diary Revisited” + discussion!
Synopsis: Following his best-selling book, “Guantanamo Diary”, which describes his decade of imprisonment and torture at Guantanamo Bay, Mohamedou Ould Slahi sets out to find his torturers
The documentary was featured on Ira Glass’ “This American Life” radio program (under the title In Search of Monsters) and has been acquired by Cinema Libre Studio for North American distribution in March 2022.
A discussion about the film will follow with John Goetz and Mohamedou Ould Slahi.