El teniente Daniel Kaffee es un joven y prometedor abogado de la Marina que tiene una excelente reputación. Sus superiores le confían la defensa de dos marines acusados de asesinato. A primera vista, el caso no parece complicado. Pero cuando tenga que vérselas con el Coronel Nathan R. Jessup, Comandante en Jefe de la base de Guantánamo, saldrán a la luz nuevas pistas que harán que el caso adquiera dimensiones insospechadas.
Drama político donde Kristen Stewart interpretará a una joven que huye de una pequeña localidad para unirse al ejército. Su intención es ir destinada a Iraq, pero finalmente es enviada a Guantánamo donde entablará amistad con un prisionero que lleva ocho años encarcelado.
Después de ser confundidos con terroristas y arrojados a la Bahía de Guantánamo, los drogadictos Harold y Kumar escapan y regresan a Estados Unidos, donde proceden a huir a través del país con agentes federales en persecución.
Capturado por el gobierno de los Estados Unidos, Mohamedou Ould Slahi sobrevive en la prisión de Guantánamo donde lleva más de una década sin cargos ni juicio. Tras haber perdido toda esperanza, Slahi encuentra aliados en la abogada defensora Nancy Hollander y su asociada Teri Duncan. Juntos se enfrentan a innumerables obstáculos en una búsqueda desesperada de justicia.
Michael Moore vuelve a la carga con un documental que denuncia el sistema sanitario norteamericano; un sistema que, al no existir la sanidad universal, excluye a 50 millones de norteamericanos (que, o bien no tienen seguro de salud privado, o no pueden pagárselo) y que se basa en compañías privadas que buscan principalmente beneficios económicos y en aseguradoras que pagan bonos a los empleados que más rentabilidad les proporcionan al denegar prestaciones y reclamaciones a los asegurados.
An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.
Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.
How Murat Kurnaz ended up in Guantanamo Bay is a mysterious story. 5 YEARS investigates the psychological aspect of this endless and unjustified "imprisonment" where Kurnaz had to endure never ending physical and psychological torture.
After a violent storm, Ali awakens on a deserted beach, sick and disoriented. They'll be looking for him and he must keep moving. Ivan, a local Cuban, takes Ali to the apartment of his sister Manuela, a dancer in Havana. At first, she is apprehensive to take in this tormented stranger, but she relents as she feels drawn to this mysterious person who has shown up on her door step. Ali is haunted by nightmares, which bring him to the horror of the interrogation room at Guantanamo, and by startling visions linking his past and his present life. But are these nightmares flash backs to his experiences in the prison or just dreams of a tortured soul?
Music elates, touches the soul and bypasses reason. Music is magic. But precisely this magic can turn it into an insidious weapon for music and violence belong together. The brutal power of African war dances, the ferocity of Maori Hakas, the earth-shattering roar of US sound guns blasting Metallica at Taliban hideouts the principle is always the same: Aggressive sounds demoralise the enemy and whip the allies into a frenzy. In Songs of War, director Tristan Chytroschek explores the extraordinary harmony between music and violence. Sesame Street composer, Christopher Cerf, always wanted his music to be fun and entertaining. But then he learned that his songs had been used to torture prisoners in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. He is stunned by this abuse of his work and wants to find out how this could happen.
Daniela – a single mother, whose boyfriend left for the US – believes wholeheartedly in Cuba's revolutionary new order. Meanwhile, in Florida, a plot is afoot. Under the command of an American officer, four Cubans ex-patriots and a Guatemalan land on the Cuban coast to prepare a US invasion of the island. Daniela's superior, the corrupt Cuban officer Palomino, is secretly helping the invaders and the young woman becomes entangled in the intrigue.
The dramatic story of a Gitmo detainee released from the controversial U.S. prison after 14 years. With NPR, a report on the struggle over freeing prisoners once deemed international terrorists. Also, the untold history of the Guantanamo Bay prison.
Fidel Castro, the former President of Cuba and one of the most controversial figures of the 20th century, passed away in November. He famously claimed that "history will absolve me", but will it? This special film considers Castro and his legacy.
Pam Roark: Iraq War Nurse is a short documentary about Captain Pam Roark - a Navy nurse whose life-long passion and commitment resulted in an exciting story of female military leadership.