1/10 The recently released @HBO documentary “The Forever Prisoner” ignores the ongoing brutal harms against Abu Zubaydah, the focus of the documentary, and all victims of the “War on Terror.”
2/10 The shortcomings of filmmaker Alex Gibney’s documentary remind us that justice delayed is justice denied and acknowledging harm should be a goal worth pursuing in and of itself.
3/10 Ultimately, Gibney’s film falls short of this goal.
4/10 "Nothing in 'The Forever Prisoner' feels urgent enough to pose a real challenge to the viewer's existing moral compass"
5/10 "Zubaydah himself is absent from the film...and little new information is provided about the case."
6/10 "After his capture, Zubaydah was flown to a series of CIA 'black sites' around the world and subjected to a systemic program of brutal torture"
7/10 "The film contributes to the bizarre construction of the FBI as the moral force in the war on terror, but this is far from the only pitfall"
8/10 #WhiteTearsMitchell
9/10 "After everything we have seen about Abu Zubaydah's torture, however, equal justice under the law hardly seems to be an appropriate starting point for analysis"
10/10 "The shortcomings of the documentary 'The Forever Prisoner' stand as a reminder that justice delayed is justice denied."
Find my full review at: truthout.org/articles/guant…
#Guantanamo #AbuZubaydah #CIA #NationalSecurity #Torture #Muslims #WarOnTerror #UnitedStates
If interested, check out the trailer of The Forever Prisoner.
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