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Release Date: 2010 Cast: Salim Ahmed Hamdan
Categories: Movies, Culture & Society, Biography, Documentary, Law & Crime, Political cinema The Oath is a 2010 documentary from director Laura Poitras. It tells the cross-cut tale of two men, Abu Jandal and Salim Ahmed Hamdan, whose meeting launched them on juxtaposed paths with Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, US military tribunals and the U.S. Supreme Court. The Oath is currently being distributed both theatrically and non-theatrically in the US by New York based Zeitgeist Films.
The film revolves around Abu Jandal, a taxi driver in San'a, Yemen and his brother-in-law Salim Hamdan, a Guantanamo Bay prisoner and the first defendant in the controversial U.S. military tribunals.... MORE
The Oath is a 2010 documentary from director Laura Poitras. It tells the cross-cut tale of two men, Abu Jandal and Salim Ahmed Hamdan, whose meeting launched them on juxtaposed paths with Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, US military tribunals and the U.S. Supreme Court. The Oath is currently being distributed both theatrically and non-theatrically in the US by New York based Zeitgeist Films.
The film revolves around Abu Jandal, a taxi driver in San'a, Yemen and his brother-in-law Salim Hamdan, a Guantanamo Bay prisoner and the first defendant in the controversial U.S. military tribunals. Brothers-in-law, Jandal and Hamdans' (bin Laden's former bodyguard and driver respectively) personal trajectories become tragically intertwined after Hamdan is sent to Guantanamo Bay (although he seems "innocent.") The film's two main characters serve as a vehicle to explore and contextualize issues that have befuddled Western media in the post-9/11 world--questioning our notions of jihad, loyalty and Al-Qaeda. Filmmaker Laura Poitras inter-cuts Hamdan's trial (his lawyer's attempts to challenge court system flaws) and Jandal's contradictory conversations with his son, Muslim pupils and media LESS
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