Guantanamo’s Child – The Omar Khadr Story

Name: Guantanamo’s Child – The Omar Khadr Story
Director: Patrick Reed
Released: 2015

Patrick Reed 2015

An intimate portrait of how a teenager from a Toronto suburb became one of the first U.S. war crimes trial since the prosecution of Nazi commanders. Khadr is the only juvenile ever tried for war crimes. It gives Omar Khadr the opportunity to speak for himself on camera, for the first time.
The documentary takes us from his childhood traveling between a Canadian suburb and Peshawar at the height of the jihad against the Soviets, to Afghanistan and the homes of Al Qaeda’s elite, into the notorious U.S. prisons at Bagram and Guantanamo Bay and back again to Canada.

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Running Time:

80 min.

Spoken Languages:

English

Directors:

Patrick Reed

Producers:

Patrick Reed, Michelle Shephard, Peter Raymont

Cinematographers:

John Westheuser

Editors:

Cathy Gulkin

Production Companies:

White Pine Pictures

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Guantanamo’s Child – The Omar Khadr Story

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John Doyle Globe and Mail

The doc has formidable restraint, very carefully presenting views about Khadr, his actions and his treatment in Guantanamo and by the Harper government
Now Toronto

The result is a complex, nuanced and surprisingly affecting documentary that’s bound to be denounced as propaganda by people who haven’t watched it.
Hollywood Repoter

A sympathetic introduction to a man who grew up under the worst possible conditions.
Strictly Docs

More than just a stirring personal story, Guantanamo’s Child is also a cautionary tale of how fear and suspicion can infect our values and stand in the way of our fight for freedom

Festival Participation

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - 2015
CALGARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - 2015
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILMFESTIVAL AMSTERDAM - 2015
RIDM, Montreal - 2015

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