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I AM GITMO
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Completed - ENGLISH, FRENCH - Historical, Drama - 119 minutes

Log Line

Gamel Sadek, sold out by his country, is wrongly torn from his family and tortured in Guantanamo Bay for information he knows nothing about.

Year of production : 2021

Director(s) : Philippe DIAZ

Synopsis

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 assigned to Gamel's case. Despite relentless beatings, starvation, and torture, Gamel maintains he has no affiliation with al-Qaeda. John struggles with the mandate to force a confession at any cost. As Gamel prepares for a hearing on his status as an enemy combatant, he realizes he could be held indefinitely, and that John's testimony will be the deciding factor.

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Country(ies) : FRANCE

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