The Forever Prisoner

2021 American film
  • Erin Edeiken
  • Cathy Scott Clark
  • Alex Gibney
  • Raymond Bonner
Cinematography
  • Ben Bloodwell
  • Antonio Rossi
Edited byAlexis JohnsonMusic byWill Bates
Production
company
Jigsaw Productions HBO Documentary Films
Distributed byHBO
Release date
  • December 6, 2021 (2021-12-06) (United States)
Running time
119 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

The Forever Prisoner is a 2021 documentary film directed by Alex Gibney.

Synopsis

The film details the treatment of Abu Zubaydah, a Saudi Arabian detainee held at CIA blacksites and later Guantanamo Bay. [1][2][3][4]

Accolades

The Forever Prisoner won the News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Documentary at the 43rd News and Documentary Emmy Awards in 2022.[5]

References

  1. ^ "'It's soul-crushing': the shocking story of Guantánamo Bay's 'forever prisoner'". The Guardian. December 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "Alex Gibney's 'The Forever Prisoner' reveals CIA torture tactics". PBS NewsHour. December 7, 2021.
  3. ^ Lowry, Brian (6 December 2021). "'The Forever Prisoner' explores how the US compromised its values after Sept. 11". CNN. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  4. ^ Fienberg, Daniel (6 December 2021). "HBO's 'The Forever Prisoner': TV Review". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  5. ^ WINNERS FOR THE DOCUMENTARY CATEGORIES OF THE 43rd ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCED

External links

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