You Don't Like The Truth, 4 Days Inside Guantánamo
Director Patricio Henriquez, Luc Côté
Countries Canada
Duration 100 min
Synopsis
His orange overalls symbolize terrorism, but Omar Khadr's vulnerable, withdrawn attitude tells a very different story. In February 2003, the 16-year-old Canadian was interrogated by Canadian intelligence in the prison at Guantánamo Bay. Khadr had allegedly killed an American soldier, so according to Washington he was a war criminal. Footage from security cameras over the course of those four days and released by the Supreme Court of CA forms the basis of this film. We meet Khadr's cellmates, his lawyer, and former Canadian government officials, as well as a psychiatrist who sketch the context of Khadr's dubious case. In October 2010, Omar Khadr had plead guilty to all charges, part of a plea bargain that would get him an eight-year sentence instead of life in prison. This makes him the first person to be convicted as a war criminal since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, and the first ever child soldier in modern history to be found guilty of war crimes.
His orange overalls symbolize terrorism, but Omar Khadr's vulnerable, withdrawn attitude tells a very different story. In February 2003, the 16-year-old Canadian was interrogated by Canadian intelligence in the prison at Guantánamo Bay. Khadr had allegedly killed an American soldier, so according to Washington he was a war criminal. Footage from security cameras over the course of those four days and released by the Supreme Court of CA forms the basis of this film. We meet Khadr's cellmates, his lawyer, and former Canadian government officials, as well as a psychiatrist who sketch the context of Khadr's dubious case. In October 2010, Omar Khadr had plead guilty to all charges, part of a plea bargain that would get him an eight-year sentence instead of life in prison. This makes him the first person to be convicted as a war criminal since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, and the first ever child soldier in modern history to be found guilty of war crimes.