A Muslim schoolteacher is taken to a CIA black site and then Guantanamo Bay Cuba, where he is interrogated and tortured, despite professing his innocence.
Acting
Sheik's physical deterioration is unbearably precise.
Direction
Diaz refuses the comfort of distance or redemption.
Director
Philippe Diaz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed partly in Los Angeles standing in for Cuba, the production faced funding challenges due to political subject matter. Diaz has documented human rights abuses since 2004's 'The Empire in Africa.'
The film's structure—black site to Gitmo hearing—mirrors actual detainee journeys, including the Kafkaesque military tribunals where evidence was often classified and unavailable to defendants.
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